(しれいぶ)

しれいぶ
noun
headquarters; command center
1. headquarters; command center
The central office or location from which a military operation, organization, or large-scale effort is directed and controlled. Most commonly used in military contexts.
司令部(しれいぶ)から命令(めいれい)()た。
An order came from headquarters.
司令部(しれいぶ)(やま)(なか)()かれた。
The command center was set up in the mountains.
連合軍(れんごうぐん)司令部(しれいぶ)東京(とうきょう)設置(せっち)され、占領(せんりょう)政策(せいさく)指揮(しき)した。
The Allied forces' headquarters was established in Tokyo and directed the occupation policies.

司令部(しれいぶ) is primarily a military term. GHQ (連合国軍(れんごうこくぐん)最高(さいこう)司令官(しれいかん)(そう)司令部(しれいぶ)) is a well-known historical example from the postwar occupation of Japan.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 司令部(しれいぶ)設置(せっち)する — to establish a command center
  • 司令部(しれいぶ)報告(ほうこく)する — to report to headquarters
  • (そう)司令部(しれいぶ) — general headquarters (GHQ)
  • 作戦(さくせん)司令部(しれいぶ) — operations command

RELATED WORDS:

  • 司令官(しれいかん) — commander
  • 本部(ほんぶ) — headquarters (general/non-military)
  • 指揮(しき) — command, direction