役所|やくしょyakusho[3]odaka (tail-high)

1. noungovernment office; public office
   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.

• Synonym庁ちょうNeutralSuffix forming agency names like 「気象庁」 and 「警視庁」; 「役所」 is the colloquial, everyday word for government offices in general.
• Synonym官庁かんちょうWrittenWritten and fairly formal: national administrative organs, central or local. 「役所」 mostly means local offices such as city or ward halls.
• Synonym政庁せいちょうWrittenWritten term for an office where government affairs are handled; it carries a historical flavor that 「役所」 does not.
• Synonym公署こうしょWrittenWritten word for a public office, used mainly in historical or formal documents; 「役所」 is the everyday term.
• Synonym官署かんしょWrittenWritten term for a government office; rarely used — in daily life people say 「役所」.
• Related官府かんぷWrittenWritten word for government offices with an ancient flavor; 「役所」 is the modern, everyday word.
• Related官つかさWrittenArchaic word for a government office or an official post; hardly used in modern Japanese, unlike 「役所」.
• Related官衙かんがWrittenWritten term for government offices of ancient times, seen mostly in historical studies; 「役所」 refers to modern offices.
• Related政府機関せいふきかんWrittenFormal umbrella term for government bodies; 「役所」 is more colloquial and leans toward local offices.
• Related行政官庁ぎょうせいかんちょうWrittenLegal term for administrative organs; 「役所」 is the word of everyday life.

Use 「役所」 for everyday local offices like 「市役所」. For national administrative organs say 「官庁」; 「〜庁」 works as a suffix in agency names, and 「政府機関」 is the formal umbrella term. 「政庁」「公署」「官署」「官府」「官」「官衙」 are written or historical, and 「行政官庁」 is legal.

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1. 官公庁かんこうちょうや地方自治体ちほうじちたいなどの公共団体こうきょうだんたいの事務じむが行おこなわれる場所ばしょ。