bureau

局、庁

特定の分野の仕事を担当する政府の部局や役所。

やさしい英語で： A government department or office responsible for a particular type of work.

• The bureau published new figures.
• She joined the bureau as an investigator.
• The census bureau counts the population every ten years.

類義語： department, agency, office

よく使う表現： census bureau, federal bureau, statistics bureau

事務所、案内所

業務に関するサービスや情報を提供する組織や事務所。

やさしい英語で： An organization or office that provides business services or information.

• The travel bureau arranged our tickets.
• She works at a news bureau in Rome.
• Ask the information bureau about local transport.

類義語： agency, office

よく使う表現： travel bureau, news bureau, information bureau

たんす、チェスト

衣類をしまうための引き出しがついた家具。

やさしい英語で： A piece of furniture with drawers for storing clothes.

• My socks are in the bureau.
• She folded the shirts and put them in her bureau.
• An old oak bureau stood beside the bed.

類義語： chest of drawers, dresser

よく使う表現： wooden bureau, bedroom bureau, bureau drawer