ちょう
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. government office; agency; board
Kanji used
government office
Pitch accent
ちょ
Top 19400
Used in vocabulary (65 in total)
Metropolitan Police Department (esp. Tokyo)
government office building
central government office; head office; this office
National Police Agency
Tokyo Government Office
ministries and government offices; the authorities
prefectural office
Financial Services Agency; FSA
government office; government agency; authorities
Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
government office
municipal office
(Japanese) Meteorological Agency; JMA
Imperial Household Agency
domain administrative headquarters (early Meiji)
Public Prosecutor's Office
National Security Board (1952-1954)
prefectural office (Hokkaido)
Fire and Disaster Management Agency (formerly: Fire Defense Agency) (Defence)
(Japanese) Agency for Cultural Affairs
prefectural office (of Osaka or Kyoto)
National Tax Agency (Japan); national taxation agency (e.g. IRS)
(governmental) branch office; subprefecture
Patent Office; Patent Agency
administrative agency; government authorities
(Japanese) Public Security Intelligence Agency
competent authorities; supervisory authority
Consumer Affairs Agency; CAA
Roman Curia; Curia Romana; Vatican
offices of a public or governmental organization (organisation)
Agency of Natural Resources and Energy
coming to a prefectural office, governmental agency, etc.
judgment seat of Yama (judgement)
(Japanese) Fisheries Agency
Economic Planning Agency (defunct as of 2001)
Science and Technology Agency (1956-2001)
administrative office; government agency
the same agency; the same office
Reconstruction Agency (established after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake)
office of a retired emperor
Administrative Management Agency
office in Heian Kyoto responsible for police and judicial duties
office in Heian Kyoto responsible for police and judicial duties
General Affairs Agency
office of a retired emperor
(Japanese) National Land Agency
Immigration Services Agency (of Japan); Immigration Bureau of Japan
official reception hall
local public prosecutor's office; subdistrict public prosecutor's office
county seat; parish seat; borough seat; county town
Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office
government agency providing public services; government agency involved in public enterprise
Acquisition, Technology & Logistics Agency (of the Ministry of Defense)
Marine Accidents Inquiry Agency
island government office
facilities administration organization (defence, etc.)
Digital Agency (government agency responsible for the digital transformation of society)