What is the meaning of 局?

a temporary room created by subdividing a larger room with curtains and screens

a private room in a palace or noble residence created by subdividing a larger room or gallery with curtains and screens

a lady-in-waiting or gentlewoman who lives in such a room

an honorific appended to the names of high ranking women

a lady-in-waiting to a shōgun or daimyō

the tenement room used by a 局女郎 (tsubone-jorō)

Short for 局女郎 (tsubone-jorō, “a low grade prostitute who works out of a small tenement room and charges by the hour”).

channel such as on television

Source: wiktionary.org

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