支局|しきょくshikyoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounbranch office

• Synonym支部しぶNeutralA branch of a political party or organization, as in 「党支部」; 「支局」 is mainly for newspaper or TV bureaus.
• Synonym支社ししゃNeutralA company's branch office; 「支局」 is mainly for newspaper or TV bureaus.
• Synonym支所ししょNeutralA branch office of a government agency or company; 「支局」 is mainly for newspaper bureaus.
• Synonym支署ししょWrittenWritten/formal prose for a substation of a police or tax office; 「支局」 is mainly for newspaper bureaus.
• SynonymブランチNeutralA loanword for a branch, with a business flavor; 「支局」 is mainly for newspaper bureaus.
• Related分会ぶんかいNeutralA branch or chapter of a society or association; 「支局」 is mainly for newspaper bureaus.
• Related分院ぶんいんNeutralA branch of a hospital or temple; 「支局」 is mainly for newspaper bureaus.
• Related分店ぶんてんNeutralA branch store split off from a main store; 「支局」 is mainly for newspaper or TV bureaus.
• Antonym本局ほんきょくNeutralThe counterpart of 「支局」 on the main-branch axis: the main office.
• Antonym本部ほんぶNeutralThe counterpart of 「支局」 on the main-branch axis: headquarters.

Use 「支局」 for a newspaper or broadcasting company's bureau set up in another region or abroad, as in 「新聞社の支局」. For a company branch use 「支社」, a party branch 「支部」, a government branch office 「支所」, and a store branch 「支店」. Antonyms: 「本局」 and 「本部」.

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1. 主おもに新聞社しんぶんしゃや放送局ほうそうきょくなどで本社ほんしゃ、本局ほんきょくが管轄かんかつする以外いがいの地域ちいきや外国がいこくに設置せっちされる出先でさき機関きかん。