Illustration: Inside a Japanese government administration building, a civil servant receives a thick application folder across a public-service counter. Behind the counter are orderly document cabinets, several working officials, and a Japanese national flag on a floor stand.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

官かん庁ちょう

kanchou

government office, agency

Example sentences

彼かれは官庁かんちょうで相当そうとうな職しょくについている。
He has a good position in a government office.
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すなわち、交付元こうふもとの官庁かんちょう名めいが記しるされる。
This means, the name of issuing authority was described.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
なお外務部がいむぶは他たの官庁かんちょうより上位じょういの組織そしきであるとされた。
The Foreign Office was considered to be an organization that stood above other authorities.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 官庁

官bureaucrat; the governmentOnカン
庁government officeOnチョウ・テイKunやくしょ

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