Word Meaning 役人

やくにん yakunin

役人 is read as やくにん (yakunin) and means government official.

Meaning

English

  1. government official

Reading

Kana

やくにん

Romaji

yakunin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 2710 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

役人風

やくにんかぜ

(putting on the) airs of an official

小役人

こやくにん

petty official

町役人

まちやくにん

Edo-period official of the chōnin social class

役人根性

やくにんこんじょう

bureaucratism

退役軍人

たいえきぐんじん

ex-serviceman

木端役人

こっぱやくにん

petty official

一人二役

ひとりふたやく

double role

主人役

しゅじんやく

host

人気役者

にんきやくしゃ

stage favorite

公証人役場

こうしょうにんやくば

notary office

役割

やくわり

part

やく

part (in a play, film, etc.)

Example Sentences

2

そのやくにんはていねいにはなしをきいてくれた。

That official listened politely.

A government official's stately mansion was looted.