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署
署
13 strokes
Frequency: 725
JLPT N2
Grade 6

Meanings

signature
govt office
police station

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ショ

Common Words

署名
しょめい
～する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Freq #7834
1

signature

Examples
この手紙には署名がない。
This letter bears no signature.
部署
ぶしょ
部所
Noun
Freq #9515
1

one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section

Examples
その資料はこの部署にはありません。
Our department doesn't have that information.
署
しょ
Noun
Freq #10831
1

Abbreviation

station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)

Examples
「警察だ。ちょっと署まで来てもらおうか」「な、なんで？」「こんな街中でドンパチやって罪にならないわけないだろうが！！」
"This is the police. Would you mind coming down to the station?" "W-why?" "You can't think it's not a crime to go shooting guns off in the middle of town?!"
警察署
けいさつしょ
Noun
Freq #16034
1

police station

Examples
どのようにすれば警察署につけますか。
How can I get to the police station?
署長
しょちょう
Noun
Freq #21030
1

chief (of police); head (of office)

Examples
彼は警察署長です。
He is the chief of a police station.
署内
しょない
Noun
Freq #47548
1

inside a police station, fire station, tax office, etc.

署員
所員
しょいん
Noun
Freq #50738
1

staff member; station employee; official

消防署
しょうぼうしょ
Noun
Freq #50962
1

fire station

Examples
消防署に連絡してください。
Please call the fire department.
警察署長
けいさつしょちょう
Noun
Freq #54347
1

head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent

税務署
ぜいむしょ
Noun
Freq #56265
1

tax office

Examples
税務署は控除を認めた。
The tax agent allowed the deduction.
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