事じ務む官かん

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Meanings

administrative official; secretary; commissioner

Refers to a government or organizational official handling administrative affairs. Often used in titles within ministries, agencies, or public offices.

彼かれは外がい務む省しょうの事じ務む官かんとして働はたらいている。
He works as an administrative official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
事じ務む官かんの採さい用よう試し験けんを受うける予よ定ていです。
I plan to take the recruitment exam for administrative officials.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉の事じ務む官かんan administrative official at 〈place〉
彼かれは外がい務む省しょうの事じ務む官かんとして働はたらいている。
He works as an administrative official at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
事じ務む官かんに任にん命めいされるto be appointed as an administrative official
彼かの女じょは来らい月げつから事じ務む官かんに任にん命めいされる予よ定ていだ。
She is scheduled to be appointed as an administrative official starting next month.
事じ務む官かんとして働はたらくto work as an administrative official
父ちちは長なが年ねん、市し役やく所しょで事じ務む官かんとして働はたらいてきた。
My father has worked as an administrative official at city hall for many years.

Kanji

事matter, thing, fact
務task, duties
官bureaucrat, the government, organ

Related words

事じ務む員いんN1
事務員 is a general office clerk or staff member, while 事務官 specifically denotes a public official or civil servant with administrative duties.
公こう務む員いんN4
公務員 is the broad term for any civil servant, while 事務官 refers more narrowly to one holding an administrative post within a ministry or agency.
役やく人にんN2
役人 is a casual, sometimes slightly negative word for any government official, whereas 事務官 is the formal job title used in official contexts.
官かん僚りょうN1
官僚 emphasizes a high-ranking bureaucrat who shapes policy, while 事務官 is a more routine administrative title within an office.

Built from

事じ務む+官かん

Etymology

Compound of 事務 (じむ, 'office work, administrative affairs') and 官 (かん, 'government official').