局

bureau; department

Abbreviation

office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); channel; exchange

affair; situation

Counter

game (of go, shogi, etc.)

Historical term

court lady (Heian period); lady-in-waiting

Historical term

separate room in a palace (esp. for a lady; Heian period)

Archaic

room for a very low class prostitute

Archaic

very low class prostitute

Go (game); Shogi

position in a game; state of the game

situation; stage; phase; aspect

bureau director; office chief

part; section

affected part (of the body)

private parts; genitals

clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff

local (rain, distribution, outbreak, etc.); localized; regional; isolated

local; localized; partial; topical (application)

locality; local area; limited area

Common noun

part; section

Common noun

part of the body; affected part (of the body)

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

local (e.g. anesthesia); topical

Common noun

private parts; genitals

localized (pain, rainfall, etc.); local

limit; localize; localise

outsider

the outside

Medicine

local anesthesia; local anaesthesia

bureau; office building

localization; existing only in a certain area

telephone exchange number

neutrality

general delivery; counter collection; poste restante

local anesthesia; local anaesthesia; local anaesthetic; local anesthetic

Computing

local variable

call sign (e.g. of radio station); station name

breakthrough in the situation; break in the deadlocked situation