やくにん – Vocabulary details

やくにん

Noun

1. government official

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くにん

role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role

counter for people

petty official

petty (minor) official (derogatory term)

Edo-period official of the chōnin social class; town official

Edo-period official of the chōnin social class; town official

(putting on the) airs of an official

(Edo-period) jail warden; jailer

bureaucratism; bureaucratic nature

政せい府ふやくにんの豪ごう邸ていが略りゃく奪だつされた。

A government official's stately mansion was looted.

税ぜい関かんのやくにんは箱はこを検けん査さした。

The customs officials examined the boxes.

そのやくにんは、自じ分ぶん自じ身しんでその苦く情じょう処しょ理りが出で来きなかった。

The official could not deal with the complaint himself.

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