当局

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See also: 當局

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 当局 – see 當局 (“authorities; those in power; government; regime”).
(This term is the simplified form of 當局).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term
当 局
とう
Grade: 2 		きょく
Grade: 3
on’yomi kan’on
Alternative spelling
當局 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

Noun

当(とう)局(きょく) • (tōkyoku) ←たうきよく (taukyoku)?

  1. authority (persons in command; specifically, government)
  2. this or our 局 (kyoku, “office”) – post office (郵便局), broadcasting station (放送局), etc.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2011), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Seventh edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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