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    3. お役所言葉

    お役所言葉

    お​役やく所しょ言こと葉ば

    bureaucratic jargon

    NTNounPolitics & LawKanji Vocab37 strokes

    おやくしょことば

    Noun

    1.
    bureaucratic jargon, officialese, gobbledygook

    Stroke 0 / 37

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    役
    duty・war・campaign・drafted labor・office…(2)
    Kanji
    所
    ところ・-ところ・どころ・とこ…(2)
    place・extent
    Kanji
    言
    い.う・こと…(3)
    say・word
    Kanji
    葉
    は…(3)
    leaf・plane・lobe・needle・blade…(4)
    Kanji
    お
    o
    Kana
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