How to say "bureau" in Japanese

• 部ぶJLPT N1approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)Covers 'bureau' when it means a department or division within a company or other organization; when 'bureau' names an office or agency instead, 局 is the word you want.
  新しんサービスの料金りょうきん設定せっていはマーケティング部ぶが行おこなう。↗

  The marketing department is responsible for pricing new service.
• 局きょくJLPT N3approx.Common
  noun, noun (suffix)The word for 'bureau' as an office or agency, especially in government. When English 'bureau' names an official body or service, this is the natural choice.
• たんすJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounCovers 'bureau' in its furniture sense: a chest of drawers for storing clothes. When you mean the piece of furniture rather than an office, this is the word; it is usually written in kana.
  タンスで探さがしていた物ものが見みつかった。↗

  I found what I was looking for in the drawers.
• 部局ぶきょくCommon
  nounA generic term for the departments, bureaus and sections of an organization, used when speaking of such units collectively; for a single department of a company, 部 is the usual word.
• ビューローCommon
  nounA katakana loanword transcribing 'bureau'. It is seldom the word you want: for a bureau as an office or agency, 局 is the natural choice, and the furniture sense belongs to たんす.

For 'bureau' as an office or agency choose 局, for a department within a company or organization choose 部, use 部局 for such units generically, 「たんす」 for the chest-of-drawers furniture sense, and 「ビューロー」 is only a marginal loanword.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 部ぶdepartment (in an organization, company, etc.)
• 局きょくbureau
• たんすchest of drawers
• 部局ぶきょくdepartment
• ビューローbureau
• 相談所そうだんじょconsultation office
• 部署ぶしょone's post
• 局舎きょくしゃbureau
• 整理ダンスせいりだんすbureau
• 用ダンスようダンスsmall cabinet