Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
本職役場
English translation:
this office (of a notary public)
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Aug 28, 2009 01:21
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Japanese term
Japanese to English Trans (MA T9n, L10n)
Native in: English 
Works in: Japanese to English
日本職役場
Japanese to English
Law/Patents
Certificates, Diplomas, Licenses, CVs
This is a place name. Do you know what it is?
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| 3 +2 | this office (of a notary public) |
Miho Ohashi
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Miho Ohashi
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this office (of a notary public)
Supposing that this is a phrase in a notarial document, I think the first 日 is a part of date (XX年XX月XX日) and not a part of 日本.
The word you should look at here is 本職役場.
本職 means practically "I". Gramatically, it is the first person (第1人称), often used to refer to oneself in a professional setting. In this case, 本職 refers to the notary public who is notarizing the document to refer to himself.
役場 is a public office, and in this case it is referring to 公証人役場 (office of a notary public).
本職（の）役場 -> the office of the notary public.
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Note added at 53 mins (2009-08-28 02:15:45 GMT)
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http://www.green.dti.ne.jp/imai-agents/igon/kousei02.html
平成oo年0月0日 本職役場において
oo県oo市o町o丁目o番o号
00地方法務局所属
公証人 00 00 公証人
http://www.kuma-rikon.com/article/13396882.html
この証書は、平成◆◆年◆◆月◆◆日、本職役場において作成し、列席者に読み聞かせたところ各自これを承認し、本職と共に次に署名捺印した。
The word you should look at here is 本職役場.
本職 means practically "I". Gramatically, it is the first person (第1人称), often used to refer to oneself in a professional setting. In this case, 本職 refers to the notary public who is notarizing the document to refer to himself.
役場 is a public office, and in this case it is referring to 公証人役場 (office of a notary public).
本職（の）役場 -> the office of the notary public.
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Note added at 53 mins (2009-08-28 02:15:45 GMT)
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http://www.green.dti.ne.jp/imai-agents/igon/kousei02.html
平成oo年0月0日 本職役場において
oo県oo市o町o丁目o番o号
00地方法務局所属
公証人 00 00 公証人
http://www.kuma-rikon.com/article/13396882.html
この証書は、平成◆◆年◆◆月◆◆日、本職役場において作成し、列席者に読み聞かせたところ各自これを承認し、本職と共に次に署名捺印した。
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| Thank you for your help. This was a really clear answer. |
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Yumico Tanaka (X)
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Thank you, Yumico-san =))
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Yuko Kubo
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Thank you, scallions-san!
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Wow, your explanation was very clear! And yes, you were right, that 日 was part of the date! Now it makes perfect sense. Thank you for your detailed and helpful explanation."
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