お役やく所しょ仕し事ごと

noun

bureaucratic routine; red tape

Pejorative term for inflexible, inefficient, or overly procedural government office work. Often used to criticize slow, rule-bound administrative behavior.

• お役やく所しょ仕し事ごとで、許きょ可かが下おりるまでに半はん年としかかった。

  Because of bureaucratic routine, it took half a year to get the permit.

• あの部ぶ署しょはお役やく所しょ仕し事ごとばかりで、融ゆう通ずうが利きかない。

  That department is all red tape and lacks flexibility.