Illustration: Inside a municipal office, a broad public waiting area faces several service counters with clear partitions and trays of forms turned away from view. At one counter, a young couple with a baby hands documents to a staff member; nearby, an older resident receives a sealed official envelope.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

役やく所しょ

yakusho

government office

Example sentences

  1. 君きみは役所やくしょに自分じぶんで出頭しゅっとうする事ことが必要ひつようなのだ。

    It is essential that you present yourself at the office.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. これらの周囲しゅういを役所やくしょや庭園ていえんなどの関連施設かんれんしせつが取とり囲かこんでいる。

    The related facilities, such as government offices and gardens, encircle the space.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. ほぼ同等どうとうの役所やくしょ間かんでやり取とりされる文書ぶんしょ。

    Documents exchanged between offices of roughly equivalent rank.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 役所

  • 役duty; warOnヤク・エキ
  • 所place; extentOnショKunところ・どころ・とこ

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