役所

Japanese

Kanji in this term
役	所
やく Grade: 3	しょ Grade: 3
goon

Alternative forms

• (honorific) お役所(やくしょ) (o-yakusho)

Noun

役(やく)所(しょ) • (yakusho) 

1. local government office

Synonyms

• 役(やく)場(ば) (yakuba)

Derived terms

• 市役所(しやくしょ) (shiyakusho, “city hall”)
• 区役所(くやくしょ) (kuyakusho, “ward office”)
• 郡役所(ぐんやくしょ) (gun'yakusho, “county office”)

References

• 2000, Jonathan Bunt, Gillian Hall, The Oxford Starter Japanese Dictionary, First Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN