Illustration: A municipal employee sits behind a public-service counter, carefully checking a resident's documents before applying an official seal. A small abstract municipal emblem appears on the employee's jacket badge and on a flag behind the desk.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

役やく人にん

yakunin

government official

Example sentences

  1. あの役人やくにんたちは全然ぜんぜん、財政ざいせいのことはわかっていない。

    Those officials don’t understand finance at all.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. その役人やくにんは、自分自身じぶんじしんでその苦情処理くじょうしょりが出来できなかった。

    The official could not deal with the complaint himself.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 税関ぜいかんの役人やくにんは箱はこを検査けんさした。

    The customs officials examined the boxes.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 役人

  • 役duty; warOnヤク・エキ
  • 人personOnジン・ニンKunひと

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