Kanji
局
kanji character
bureau
board
office
affair
conclusion
court lady
lady-in-waiting
her apartment
局 kanji-局 bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment
局
Meaning
bureau board office
Readings
Kun'yomi
- お つぼね senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
- お つぼね さま senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
- つぼね じょろう prostitute of the lowest class (Edo period)
On'yomi
- とう きょく authorities
- けっ きょく after all
- し きょく branch office
Practice Writing
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Common Words
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局 court lady (Heian period), lady-in-waiting, separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady; Heian period)... -
当 局 authorities, relevant authorities, authorities concerned... -
結 局 after all, in the end, ultimately... -
支 局 branch office -
政 局 political situation -
局 長 bureau director, office chief -
局 面 position in a game, state of the game, situation... -
郵 便 局 post office -
薬 局 pharmacy, drugstore, chemist's (shop)... -
事 務 局 secretariat, executive office -
破 局 catastrophe, cataclysm, collapse (of a relationship)... -
同 局 the said bureau (office, department, broadcasting station... -
対 局 (playing a) game (of go, shogi, etc.) -
局 員 clerk, (bureau, post-office) staff -
国 税 局 revenue office, taxation bureau -
局 地 locality, local area, limited area -
医 局 medical office (esp. in a hospital), doctor's office -
開 局 opening (of a broadcasting station, post office, bureau... -
終 局 end, close, conclusion... -
難 局 difficult situation -
部 局 department, bureau, section... -
時 局 situation, state of things, current affairs - テレビ
局 television station -
主 計 局 budget bureau -
書 記 局 secretariat -
法 制 局 Cabinet Legislation Bureau -
主 税 局 (Japanese) Tax Bureau -
総 務 局 General Affairs Bureau -
戦 局 state of the war, war situation -
大 局 general situation, whole situation, larger picture...