► 名詞
局 [(1)きょく] meaning: department rank: 3
☆ 米国連邦捜査局 ⇨ US Federal Bureau of Investigation
More examples:
- 一応買いはしたが結局使わなかった ⇨ I did buy it to be safe, but in the end didn’t use it
- 税務局員を偽った詐欺師 ⇨ A con man posing as a tax collector
- 水道局は節水することを呼びかけている ⇨ The water bureau is asking (the public) to save water
- 我々は何とか難局を乗り切った ⇨ We somehow managed through difficult circumstances
- 彼の局部にボールが当たった ⇨ The ball hit him in the nether regions
- 政局は混迷を極めている ⇨ The political landscape is in a total chaos
- 結局同じことの繰り返しになった ⇨ In the end we just repeated the same thing
- で、結局何が言いたいの？ ⇨ So, what are you really trying to say?
- 安物はすぐ壊れるから結局損をする ⇨ Cheap stuff will break easily so you end up losing money
- 私達は散々議論したが結局同じ結論に帰結した ⇨ We discussed over and over but ended up reaching the same conclusion
- 職場の御局様 ⇨ An older, long-tenured woman at workplace
- 衛生局は手洗いを奨励している ⇨ The health department is encouraging people to wash their hands
- 欲張り過ぎて結局損をした ⇨ I was too greedy and ended up losing more
- 結局はこちらが折れざるを得なかった ⇨ In the end we had to yield, compromise
- この道具はどっちつかずで結局役に立たない ⇨ This tool is a kind of tweener and not useful in the end