きょく
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. bureau; department
2. office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); channel; exchange
3. affair; situation
Counter
Noun
Suffix
4. game (of go, shogi, etc.)
Pitch accent
きょ
Used in vocabulary (136 in total)
locality; local area; limited area
medical office (esp. in a hospital); doctor's office
authorities; relevant authorities; authorities concerned; this office
part; section; part of the body; affected part (of the body); local (e.g. anesthesia); topical
editorial office; editorial department; editorial board
bureau director; office chief
broadcasting station; broadcaster
prosecutor's office
situation; state of things; current affairs
political situation
department; bureau; section; part
bureau; office building
position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game; aspect of an affair; situation
(playing) a game of go, shogi or chess, etc.
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
state of the war; war situation
secretariat; executive office
television station
catastrophe; cataclysm; collapse (of a relationship); breakup; split (friends, lovers, etc.)
intelligence agency; intelligence bureau; Cabinet Intelligence Bureau (1940-1945)
administration bureau
part; section; affected part (of the body); private parts; genitals
general situation; whole situation; larger picture; overall situation of a game of go
branch office
difficult situation
radio station
base station
relay station; translator station
main office
Immigration Bureau; Immigration Office
revenue office; taxation bureau
regional legal affairs bureau
Cabinet Legislation Bureau
mint bureau; mint
head office; general office
news bureau; press bureau
waterworks bureau; water department
the outside
bureau in a ministry
local broadcast station
telephone company
key station; flagship station; leading station of a broadcasting network
research bureau; research service; research council
another broadcaster; another station; another channel; another office; another bureau; another department
external bureau
Port and Harbor Authority
telegraph office
general situation; whole aspect
secretariat
traffic bureau; transportation bureau
budget bureau
construction bureau
localization; existing only in a certain area
politburo; political bureau (of a communist party)
(national) tourist bureau
hygiene bureau; health bureau; board of health
General Affairs Bureau
radio station
Printing Bureau
District Land Transport Bureau (i.e. motor traffic agency)
(telephone) exchange
telegraph office
round that ends with nobody winning
telephone exchange number
replayed game after a draw (in shogi)
(Japanese) Monopoly Bureau
famous game (of go, shogi, etc.)
immigration office
the said bureau; the same bureau
tuning (e.g. a radio, a television); channel selection
branch office; local office
(Japanese) Tax Bureau
regional forestry office
promotion bureau; development office; subprefectural office (in Hokkaido)
labor standards bureau; labour standards bureau
call sign (e.g. of radio station); station name
SMT; Station Management
earth station (for a satellite)
sending office
commercial broadcasting station
Japanese Pharmacopeia
Statistics Bureau of Japan; SBJ; (lit.) Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
TV announcer (in the full-time employ of a single broadcaster)
coming to a post office, broadcasting station, etc.
commercial broadcaster; commercial radio or TV station
Cabinet Legislation Bureau
circumstances
(computer) slave station
key station (broadcasting); flagship station; master station
official bulletin
to deal with a situation; to take charge of an affair
state-run television station
customs office
(Japanese) Postal Savings Bureau
world developments
(radio) terminal
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; NASA
Federal Aviation Administration; FAA
receiving post office
selling office
land terminal equipment (of a submarine cable)
amateur radio station
booster station
(computer) sub-node; sub-station
Bureau of Shrine Affairs (1900-1940)
regular post office; ordinary post office
data station
mobile terminal
primary station
virtual (switching) office
office code
office data
trunk; inter-office line
master station
passive station
end office; terminating office
slave station
tributary station
signalling office
control station
single attachment station
secondary station
dual attachment station
Certificate Authority
combined station
neighboring office; adjoining office
Federal Aviation Administration; FAA
Japanese vellum
Examples (3 in total)
Where is the Tokyo patent office?
The weather bureau stationed personnel on the island.
I received word from the local fire station.