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郵便局
ゆうびんきょく
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post office
Yūbinkyoku is 郵便 (yūbin, “postal service”) plus 局 (-kyoku, “office”).
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In a sentence
郵便局はどこですか。
Where is the post office?
左側に郵便局があります。
You will find the post office on your left.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “郵便(ゆうびん) (yūbin, “postal service”) + 局(きょく) (-kyoku, “office”)”
Source: Wiktionary: 郵便局 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.