Word details
役所仕事
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 役所仕事.
Dictionary
Entry
1
red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
Examples
この手続きにはお役所仕事がだいぶからんでいます。
There's a lot of red tape involved in this procedure.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
役
duty, war, campaign, drafted labor, office, service, role
7 strokesFrequency 315JLPT N2Grade 3
On
ヤクエキ
Nanori
ちゃく
所
place, extent
8 strokesFrequency 221JLPT N3Grade 3
On
ショ
Kun
ところ-ところどころとこ
Nanori
せ
仕
attend, doing, official, serve
5 strokesFrequency 439JLPT N3Grade 3
On
シジ
Kun
つか.える
事
matter, thing, fact, business, reason, possibly
8 strokesFrequency 18JLPT N3Grade 3
On
ジズ
Kun
ことつか.うつか.える
Nanori
ろ
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