Keyword
bureaucrat
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (4th grade) 
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KankenLevel 7
Heisig1363
Readings
かん
(67%)
Composed of
roof with a chimney
guy with a beer belly
Mnemonic

A typical bureaucrat is a guy with a beer belly that sits under a roof with a chimney all day doing paperwork.

Used in kanji (6 in total)
public building
pipe
coffin
sedge (a type of plant)
Used in vocabulary (501 in total)
police officer; policeman; policewoman
government; government service; the bureaucracy; government post; government official
police officer; policeman; constable
Examples (200 in total)
By the way, the woman there is also a police officer.
I reflexively look back, but I cannot see anyone who looks like a police officer.
There are about thirty police officers.
It seems he is explaining to the police officer.
The police dispatched a large number of officers to the scene.
The planning officer stated it firmly.
Meetings with the negotiator must be conducted after following the proper procedures.
When I tried to go with that, the commanding officer hurriedly stopped me.
The commander, who had been listening to that, suddenly started yelling.
Even a girl can become a warrior, and she can also become a commander.
No need to worry, Commanding Officer.
He's a man who once killed a police officer.
The police officers who were supposed to have been there until just a moment ago had all disappeared.
Police officers carry guns.
All I could see were the figures of men who looked like police officers.
I got a call from a man claiming to be a police officer.
The police officer took out a badge and showed identification.
Protecting the safety of citizens is a cop's duty, as they say!
The burglar got into the house disguised as a police officer.
The intelligence officer opened the file wide.
There were lots of uniformed police officers and plainclothes officers at the station.
The priestess pressed her index finger to her lips and fell into thought.
The police officer fired at the criminal.
The government and the private sector join forces to tackle the problem.
The police officer dispersed the onlookers.
Police officers have the backing of the law.
A police officer came running and tried to seize him.
They station police officers at key points around the town.
The police officer examined the man's belongings.
The judge sentenced the defendant to five years in prison.
Do you still mean to defy the government?!
Well then, we have to decide on an instructor.
It seems he was also a police officer originally.
The instructor advised me to get exercise every day.
He is commander of our troops.
Are they cops?
Then, at last, the policeman lowered his arm.
There were ten police officers on the spot.
The policeman asked people to back off.
A policeman ran past.
A policeman asked me for my name.
The American police are in blue uniforms.
He ran away at the sight of a policeman.
As soon as he saw a policeman, he ran away.
When he saw the policeman, he ran away.
They defied the policeman's order.
Her father is a policeman.
The man aimed a gun at the policeman.
I'm a police officer.
I told the policeman what I knew.
A police officer asked me for my name.
I told the policeman everything I knew.
The policeman captured the running man.
Did the policeman say anything to you?
I believe the police will ignore you.
The policeman asked the girls if that car was theirs.
The policeman took the knife from the boy.
The policeman commanded them to stop.
The policeman aimed his gun at the man.
The policeman signaled me to stop.
The policeman spoke to a man on the street.
You look like a policeman.
Seeing a policeman, he ran away.
When he saw the police officer, he ran away.
The police were examining their bags.
Twenty police have arrived on the scene.
A lot of policemen guarded the hall.
The policeman did not believe my story, and I thought it was no good arguing with him.
England is a land where the policemen carry no revolvers.
The robber stood surrounded by ten policemen.
The thief ran away at the sight of a policeman.
The policeman was after the thief.
The thief ran away and the policeman ran after him.
The robber ran away when the policeman saw him.
The thief ran away when she saw the policeman.
The policeman ran after the thief, shouting "Stop!"
At the sight of the policemen the thieves ran away.
The policeman blamed the accident on the driver.
The policeman blamed the taxi driver for the accident.
The thief disguised himself as a policeman.
He got away disguised as a policeman.
The policeman blew his whistle for the car to stop.
The policeman whistled for the car to stop.
The policeman carries a whistle.
Seeing the policeman, the man ran away.
He asked the policeman how many people had been killed in traffic accidents the previous day.
You want to become a police officer?
The policeman promised to investigate the matter.
The policeman observed the man open the door.
Why did you become a police officer?
I'm a police officer by profession.
He wants to be a policeman in the future.
Are you really a police officer?
I was hit by the policeman.
I asked a policeman for directions.
The policeman arrested the thief.
The police officer was attacked by someone.
A police officer is talking to her.
Being a police officer is hard work.
The policeman signaled him to stop.
The cop went through his pockets, but found nothing.
A policeman is driving a car.
If you don't know the way, ask a policeman.
Seven policemen were killed.
The aide suggested a change in tactics to him.
I hate cops like him.
I'm not a little surprised that the policeman was arrested.
The prisoner denied that he had killed a policeman.
He was taken away by a policeman.
If anyone were to talk to me like that, I would call the police.
The officer blamed him for neglecting his duty.
The policeman wouldn't let go of the suspect.
That policeman promised to look into the matter.
He is suited for police work.
He suddenly took a defiant attitude toward the police officer.
A police officer told me to stop the car.
The policeman lifted the box carefully.
The instant he saw the policeman, he ran away.
As soon as he saw the policeman, he ran away.
As soon as he caught sight of a policeman, he ran away.
He was taken away by four police officers in the middle of the night.
The robber aimed his gun at the police officer.
The policeman paid no attention to him.
The police are out in force today.
The policeman signaled the car to stop with a flashlight.
John became a policeman.
We dissected a frog to examine its internal organs.
He is an army officer.
The policemen were very brave in the face of great danger.
The policeman told me that the last bus leaves at ten.
The police asked the girl to make a rough sketch of her lost dog.
In fact, this is a major means of bureaucratic control.
The policeman separated the two men who were fighting.
The policeman stood like a statue with his arms folded across his chest.
The suspect told a lie to the inspector.
The cops are searching for clues to the cruel murder.
The cops are searching for clues to the brutal murder.
The policeman was rather abrupt with me.
Tom was shot by a policeman.
Tom is a police officer.
Tom became a police officer.
Tom was surrounded by police officers.
The police brutality incidents nearly set off a riot.
The commanding officer led his army into enemy territory.
He was rather drunk, which made a bad impression on the policeman.
I was driving at 120 kilometers per hour when the police stopped me.
He ran away at the sight of a police patrol.
The police were patrolling the street.
Ten policemen were assigned to patrol that area.
The cops are looking for the gang's hideout.
He has some acquaintance with the government people.
A hundred and fifty diplomats came to that conference.
The conference drew 150 diplomats.
Kim intends to be a diplomat in the future.
Tom wants to become a diplomat.
Diplomats are allowed various privileges.
He is a diplomat at the American Embassy.
He has spent most of his working life as a diplomat.
He was a poet and diplomat.
He was a famous poet and a competent diplomat.
I want to be a diplomat.
He appealed to the judge for mercy.
The judge concluded that the prisoner was innocent.
The judge condemned him to death.
The judge concluded that the prisoner was guilty.
The government official spoke to the reporter on condition of anonymity.
Police officers wear blue uniforms.
The bureaucrats maintain solid ties with the gigantic corporations.
The judge disposed of the case in short order.
The policeman was on duty on that day.
Policemen cleared the way to let cars pass.
The thief outwitted the police and got away with his loot.
The policeman was off duty.
The policeman was off duty when he was shot to death.
The judge sentenced him to a fine.
The policeman wrote it down in his notebook.
I persuaded the policeman not to shoot the monkey.
The policeman saved the child from drowning.
The two policemen were exhausted, too.
The angry crowd threw missiles at the police.
Such a judge should retire from his job before retirement age.
He was advanced to the rank of general.
The policeman told us not to cross the street against the red light.
The policeman permitted him to park there.
The policeman is now on duty.
The police officer on duty sensed an elderly man coming up behind him.
Policemen aren't permitted to drink on duty.
The sheriff established order in the town.
He is not a businessman but a diplomat.
We waited at the scene of the accident till the police came.
The policeman let him off with a warning.
The spokesman explained the contents of the treaty to the press.
Will the judge fine him heavily?
The commander exposed his men to gunfire.
The police accused him of murder.
The policemen carried away the body.
The inspector arrived at the school late on Monday morning.
I was questioned by a police officer.
The judge decided against the plaintiff.
The police brawled with the demonstrators.