プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
やくしょ【役所】
a government [public] office
市役所
a city hall/a municipal office
区役所
a ward office
父は役所に勤めています
My father works for a government [public] office.
彼は役所の用向きで出張中だ
He is away on official business.
これはまさにお役所仕事だ
This is a typically bureaucratic way of working./This is a typical example of bureaucratic red tape.
やくどころ【役所】
❶〔与えられた役〕one's assigned duty ⇒やく(役)
❷〔ふさわしい役〕the job best suited [fitted] ((to a person))
記録係がちょうど彼の役所だ
Keeping records is just the job for him.