No. 300 in Japanese
支部
Branch or chapter.
In a sentence
会社の東京支部で働いています。
I work at the Tokyo branch of the company.
In this sentence, 支部 (shibu) refers to a branch office or a division of a company.
全国の支部が集まり、会議を開きます。
All the branches nationwide will gather and hold a meeting.
Here, 支部 denotes regional branches that are part of an organization.
彼は大学の卒業生支部の会長です。
He is the president of the university alumni branch.
In this instance, 支部 describes a subgroup of alumni specific to the university context.
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