局 : Bureau

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Components:

尸句

bureau, board, office, affair, conclusion, court lady, lady-in-waiting, her apartment

On 'yomi:

キョク(ku)

Kun 'yomi:

つぼね(tsubone)

Strokes:	7
Radical:	尸 (44)
Usage Rating:	286

JLPT:	N3
old JLPT:	2
Grade:	3

Unicode:	05c40
jis208:	22-41

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局 Usage examples

振出局(ふりだしきょく)	selling office
局地的(きょくちてき)	local
局に当たる(きょくにあたる)	to deal with a situation, to take charge of an affair
軍当局(ぐんとうきょく)	military authorities
港湾局(こうわんきょく)	Port and Harbor Authority
時局柄(じきょくがら)	in view of the present situation
総務局(そうむきょく)	General Affairs Bureau
電報局(でんぽうきょく)	telegraph office
陸上端局装置(りくじょうたんきょくそうち)	land terminal equipment (of a submarine cable)
観光局(かんこうきょく)	(national) tourist bureau
発信局(はっしんきょく)	sending office
編集局(へんしゅうきょく)	editorial office, editorial department, editorial board
アマチュア無線局(アマチュアむせんきょく)	amateur radio station
キー局(キーきょく)	key station
ブースター局(ブースターきょく)	booster station
金融当局(きんゆうとうきょく)	financial authorities
限局性回腸炎(げんきょくせいかいちょうえん)	localized ileitis, regional ileitis
国営テレビ局(こくえいテレビきょく)	state-run television station
地方局(ちほうきょく)	local broadcast station
電話交換局(でんわこうかんきょく)	telephone switching station, telephone exchange, central office
労働基準局(ろうどうきじゅんきょく)	labor standards bureau, labour standards bureau
孫局(まごきょく)	(computer) sub-node, sub-station
蜷局(とぐろ)	coil
着眼大局(ちゃくがんたいきょく)	having an eye to the big picture, being aware of the general situation
関係当局(かんけいとうきょく)	the authorities concerned, the competent authorities
局面一転(きょくめんいってん)	sudden reversal in the tide of events, the situation taking a new turn
局面打開(きょくめんだかい)	breakthrough in the situation, break in the deadlocked situation
閉局(へいきょく)	closing of post-office or telephone exchange
御局(おつぼね)	low-class prostitute (Edo period)
局名(きょくめい)	call sign (e.g. of radio station), station name
大局的(たいきょくてき)	in perspective, big-picture
移民局(いみんきょく)	immigration office
関税局(かんぜいきょく)	customs office