How to say "council" in Japanese

• 評定ひょうじょうCommon
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbCovers 'council' as a deliberative gathering: a conference or consultation held to weigh and settle a matter. It names the deliberation itself, not an office or building.
• 市役所しやくしょCommon
  nounUse for 'council' in the local-government sense: the municipal office or city hall as an institution or building, not a meeting. A typical context is going there to file paperwork or handle city business.
  どちらの道みちなら市役所しやくしょに行いけますか。↗

  Which road goes to city hall?
• 区役所くやくしょCommon
  nounThe ward-level counterpart of the city office: choose it when 'council' refers to a local ward administration or its office rather than the city as a whole.
  １０年ねん前まえの成人の日せいじんのひに区役所くやくしょからボールペンをもらった。↗

  Ten years ago the ward office gave us ballpoint pens on the Coming of Age Day.
• 会議かいぎJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, intransitive verb, transitive verbThe broad word for a meeting, conference or session. When 'council' means a deliberative gathering of people rather than an administrative office, this is the natural choice.
  会議かいぎに彼かれは現あらわれましたか。↗

  Did he show up at the meeting?

Use 会議 for a council as a meeting or conference, 評定 for a deliberative council or consultation, and 市役所 or 区役所 when 'council' means the municipal or ward office as an institution or building.

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• 評定ひょうじょうcouncil
• 市役所しやくしょmunicipal office
• 区役所くやくしょward office
• 会議かいぎmeeting
• カウンシルcouncil
• 参事会さんじかいcouncil
• 審議会しんぎかいcouncil (deliberative, consultative)
• 評議会ひょうぎかいcouncil (consultatory, advisory)
• 協議会きょうぎかいconference