Japanese

Noun

市役所 ‎(hiragana しやくしょ, romaji shiyakusho)

1. (government) city hall

Synonyms

• 市庁 (しちょう) ‎(shichō)

Coordinate terms

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

Hypernyms

• 役所 (やくしょ) ‎(yakusho, “public office”)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.

1. ↑ 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, ISBN 978-4-14-011112-3