官庁|かんちょうkanchou[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noungovernment office; government agency; authorities
   どの官庁かんちょうもお役所やくしょ主義しゅぎにはまり込こまないで、仕事しごとのスピードアップをはかるという点てんにおいて問題もんだいがあるようだ。↗

   Every government office seems to have problems in expediting matters without entanglement in its red tape system.

• Synonym役所やくしょNeutralEveryday word for offices where you handle paperwork, like 「区役所」「市役所」; common in speech, while 「官庁」 usually means central ministries.
• Synonym省庁しょうちょうNeutralThe central ministries and agencies, as in 「関係省庁」; 「官庁」 also covers local government offices.
• Synonym当局とうきょくNeutralThe authorities in charge of a matter, as in 「警察当局」; 「官庁」 is a general term for government offices.
• Synonym政庁せいちょうWrittenWritten word for a government office handling official business, in both modern and historical use, as in 「台湾総督府政庁」; rare in daily speech.
• Synonym公署こうしょWrittenWritten word for the office of a public agency, as in 「領事公署」; in everyday speech people say 「役所」.
• Synonym官署かんしょWrittenWritten term for a government office; everyday speech prefers 「官公庁」 or 「役所」.
• Synonym官衙かんがWrittenWritten synonym of 「役所」 and 「官庁」, often for government offices in historical contexts; everyday speech says 「役所」.
• Related行政府ぎょうせいふWrittenWritten term for the executive branch as a whole, contrasted with 「立法府」; 「官庁」 refers to the individual agencies.
• Antonym民間みんかんNeutralAntonym: the private, non-governmental side of the official–private divide, standing opposite 「官庁」.

Use 「官庁」 for government offices in general, especially central ones. For the local office where you do paperwork say 「役所」; for central ministries and agencies 「省庁」; for the authorities in charge 「当局」. 「公署」「官署」「官衙」「政庁」 are written or historical; 「行政府」 means the executive branch; the antonym is 「民間」.

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1. 国くにの事務じむについて国くにの意思いしを決定けっていし表示ひょうじする権限けんげんを有ゆうする国家こっか機関きかん。
2. 国くにの役所やくしょ。官署かんしょ。
3. （一般的いっぱんてきに）役所やくしょ。
4. 太政だいじょう官庁かんちょう。