官

Meaning

1. n
   government; government service; the bureaucracy
2. n
   government post; government official
3. n
   office; official
4. n
   chief; head
5. n
   person (usually a woman) who officiates at religious ceremonies (on the Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa)

Example sentences

• 「なあ、寮の門限って何時だっけ？」「２１時よ」「やばい、走らないと間に合わないぞ」

  "Hey, when do the dorms lock up?" "9 o'clock." "Whoops, if we don't run we won't make it!"

• あ、みんなには内緒だよ？寮を夜中に抜け出すのは厳罰だからね？

  Oh, that's a secret, OK? Because slipping out of the dorm in the night is severely punished.

• 寮の暖房が故障してるんです。

  Our dorm's heating system isn't working properly.