How to say "agency" in Japanese

• 庁ちょうJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Here 'agency' means a government office or administrative board — an organization, not an activity; it is the word you see in the names of such bodies, not a way to describe acting for another.
• 仲介ちゅうかいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'agency' as intermediation: the act of a go-between who connects two parties, for example putting a buyer and seller in touch; the emphasis is on the connecting service itself.
  ディール市し内ないと近辺きんぺんの家屋かおくの売買ばいばいを仲介ちゅうかいしています。↗

  She arranges the buying and selling of houses in and around Deal.
• 代理だいりJLPT N3approx.Common
  suru verb, transitive verb, no-adjectiveThis is 'agency' in the sense of representation: acting on another's behalf or in their place, as when a lawyer represents a client or a company does business for a principal.
  明日あす私は忙いそがしいです。だから、私の代理だいりをする人ひとを手配てはいしました。↗

  I'm engaged tomorrow, so I've arranged for someone else to take my place.
• 媒介ばいかいCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbAlso intermediation, but with the nuance of serving as the medium through which something is conveyed or a connection is brought about; it stresses the mediating function rather than the business of agency.
• 取次ぎとりつぎCommon
  nounCovers agency as intermediation in business: taking an order or request and handling or relaying it to the party concerned, so it also names an agent or distributor standing between the two sides.

Choose 庁 for a government agency as an institution, 代理 for acting or representing someone's interests, and among the intermediation words pick 仲介 for go-between services, 媒介 for serving as a medium, and 「取次ぎ」 for handling transactions.

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• 庁ちょうgovernment office
• 仲介ちゅうかいagency
• 代理だいりrepresentation
• 媒介ばいかいmediation
• 取次ぎとりつぎagency
• エージェンシーagency
• 代理店だいりてんagency
• 取次店とりつぎてんagency
• 仲立ちなかだちmediation
• 出張所しゅっちょうじょbranch office
• 業ぎょうwork
• 作用さようaction
• 相談所そうだんじょconsultation office
• 職しきagency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryō system)
• 代行機関だいこうきかんagency
• 代任だいにんagency
• 代理業だいりぎょうagency
• 代理権だいりけんagency
• 特約店とくやくてんagency
• 代行業だいこうぎょうagency
• 特約販売店とくやくはんばいてんagency
• 紹介所しょうかいじょagency
• ザエージェンシーAgency (film)
• 媒介物ばいかいぶつmedium
• 取扱所とりあつかいじょservice point
• 事業団じぎょうだんcorporation
• 機関きかんagency
• 取扱店とりあつかいてんservice point
• 取扱店舗とりあつかいてんぽservice point
• 力ちからpower