政庁|せいちょうseichou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noungovernment office

• Synonym官庁かんちょうWrittenGeneral term for state administrative organs, central or local; the modern formal word, as in 「官庁街」. 「政庁」 usually means a colonial or ancient administrative center.
• Synonym役所やくしょNeutralThe everyday word for a government office, most common in speech; often a local office like a city hall, with the feel of a service counter.
• Synonym公署こうしょWrittenLegal term covering the offices of state and local public bodies; in everyday speech one says 「役所」.
• Synonym官署かんしょWrittenWritten style, for the offices of state organs and their auxiliary bodies; rare in modern use.
• Related官府かんぷWrittenAn old-fashioned word for the court or government offices, with a historical flavor; hardly used today.
• Related官衙かんがWrittenA historiographical term for ancient government offices, often used for sites of the ritsuryō period.

Use 「政庁」 for a colonial or ancient administrative center, as in 「大宰府政庁跡」. For modern state organs say 「官庁」, for the office you visit daily 「役所」, and in legal contexts 「公署」.

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1. 政府せいふがその業務ぎょうむを扱あつかう役所やくしょ。