官房

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 官房 is read as かんぼう and is a noun for a government secretariat or office coordinating and supporting multiple administrative departments.
• Basic usage: The coordinating body appears in 官房が予定を取りまとめる, while its structure appears in 官房の役割と組織.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Difference from 事務局
  • 事務局 is an administrative office for many kinds of bodies; 官房 is characteristically a coordinating office within government.
• Context-dependent translation
  • Government secretariat or cabinet office may fit depending on the institution, so the exact body must come from context.