支署|ししょshisho[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounsubstation

• Synonym支所ししょWrittenWritten. A branch office of a company, ward office, etc.; 「支署」 is reserved for outlying offices of government bodies such as police stations and tax offices.
• SynonymブランチNeutralA loanword covering branches of many kinds — tree limbs, tributaries, branch stores, program branches — and also brunch; not used for government office substations.
• Synonym支局しきょくWrittenWritten. A branch bureau of a newspaper company or TV station.
• Related分会ぶんかいWrittenWritten. A branch set up within an association or group, as in 「労組の分会」.
• Related支部しぶWrittenWritten. A branch of a political party or an association.
• Related支社ししゃWrittenWritten. A branch office a company or similar organization sets up away from headquarters; 「支署」 instead denotes outlying offices of bodies such as police and tax offices.
• Related分院ぶんいんWrittenWritten. A branch of a hospital or temple, set up away from the main institution.
• Related分団ぶんだんWrittenWritten. A unit split off from an organization, such as a fire brigade squad; leans toward local groups.
• Related分店ぶんてんNeutralA branch store, used mainly in retail and food service; not used for police or tax offices.
• Antonym本署ほんしょWrittenWritten. The main station that governs substations; the opposite of 「支署」.

Use 「支署」 for a substation of a police or tax office. For company or government branches say 「支所」 or 「支社」, for newspaper and TV bureaus 「支局」, for party or association branches 「支部」, and for the governing main station 「本署」.

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1. 警察署けいさつしょ・税務署ぜいむしょなどで、本署ほんしょから離はなれた所ところに設もうけられ、その指示しじのもと業務ぎょうむを行おこなう役所やくしょ。