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市役所

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

市役所 — “city hall, city office”

市役所 (read しやくしょ) means city hall, city office. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

しやくしょ

Meaning

city hall, city office

市役所 in a sentence

市し役所やくしょで住所じゅうしょを変えかえました。

I changed my address at the city hall.

The kanji in 市役所

市city; market
役role, duty
所place

Words that share a kanji with 市役所

都市とし— city, metropolis
市し— city (administrative)
市民しみん— citizen, resident
市場いちば— market, marketplace
役に立つやくにたつ— to be useful, to be helpful
役所やくしょ— government office, public office
役やく— role, part, position
役割やくわり— role, part, duty

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