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)

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) やくしょ [yàkúshóꜜ] (Odaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [ja̠kɯ̟ɕo̞]

Noun

役(やく)所(しょ) • (yakusho) 

1. (government) 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”)