VocabJLPT N3
bureau
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Definitions

  1. 1. bureau
  2. 2. department
  3. 3. office (e.g. post, telephone)
  4. 4. affair
This noun can refer to a bureau, department, or office within an organization, such as a government agency or broadcasting station. It can also mean a segment or episode of a program, and appears in compound words related to various institutional divisions.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

In that case, please submit the proposal to the planning bureau.

Sentence 2

The legal bureau at our company is really powerful.

Sentence 3

When it comes down to it, the finance bureau always has the most power.

Sentence 4

Come on, that's not the intelligence bureau's job.

Sentence 5

It seems the jurisdiction is split between two bureaus.