郵便局
ゆうびんきょく
hepburn yuubinkyoku
post office
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- 郵便局で切手を買います。I buy stamps at the post office.
- 郵便局はどこですか。Where is the post office?
Collocations
郵便局 (yuubinkyoku, post office)郵便 (yuubin, mail)切手 (kitte, stamp)小包 (kozutsumi, parcel)ゆうちょ銀行 (yuucho ginkou, Japan Post Bank)
Mnemonic
郵便局 yuubinkyoku — 郵便 (mail) + 局 (bureau), yet it never does just one thing. Japan's post office binds mail, banking (yuucho), and insurance (kampo) into one counter, which the Meiji government wove into a nationwide net in 1871. Even after the 2007 privatization it remains the heart of rural infrastructure. 切手, はがき, 小包, 書留 gather around it as one household.
Quick check
The biggest feature distinguishing Japan's post office from Korean / Chinese ones?