小こ役やく人にん

noun

petty official; minor bureaucrat

Refers to a low-ranking government official or clerk, often with a nuance of insignificance or limited authority.

• 彼かれはただの小こ役やく人にんに過すぎない。

  He is nothing more than a petty official.

• 小こ役やく人にんたちは書しょ類るいの山やまに埋うもれていた。

  The minor bureaucrats were buried under piles of paperwork.