～署

～しょ · ～sho · JLPT N1 · noun

department

🏢 署 = office; 部署 (busho) = section + office = department

署 is the 'office' suffix in 警察署 (police station) and 税務署 (tax office). 部 means section, so 部署 combines 'section' and 'office' to mean a department.

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