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役所仕事 (やくしょしごと) — red tape | Kumi Dictionary

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Kanji Vocab
役所仕事

役所仕事

役やく所しょ仕し事ごと

red tape

Kanji Vocab Work & Career28 strokes

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やくしょしごと

Noun

1.

red tape, red-tapism, officialism, bureaucratic bungling

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Kanji that make up this word

duty・war・campaign・drafted labor・office…(2)

ところ・-ところ・どころ・とこ…(2)

つか.える…(2)

attend・doing・official・serve

こと・つか.う・つか.える…(3)

matter・thing・fact・business・reason…(1)

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