JLPT N2 · Noun

官庁 (kanchou)

官庁 (かんちょう, kanchou) is a Japanese noun meaning “government office; government agency”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かんちょう
Romaji: kanchou
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

government office; government agency; authorities · noun

Example sentences

どの官庁もお役所主義にはまり込まないで、仕事のスピードアップをはかるという点において問題があるようだ。

Every government office seems to have problems in expediting matters without entanglement in its red tape system.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 官庁

官

bureaucrat, the government, organカン · 8 strokes

庁

government officeチョウ・テイ・やくしょ · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 官庁.

警官けいかんpolice officer官僚かんりょうbureaucrat器官きかんorgan長官ちょうかんsecretary (government)庁ちょうgovernment office県庁けんちょうprefectural office

Source: JMdict entry 1211730 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.