属ぞく吏り

noun

subordinate official; petty official

Formal or literary term for a low-ranking government official or clerk. Rare in everyday conversation; mostly found in historical or bureaucratic contexts.

• 彼かれは役やく所しょで属ぞく吏りとして働はたらいていた。

  He worked as a subordinate official at the government office.

• 属ぞく吏りの仕し事ごとは書しょ類るいの整せい理りが中ちゅう心しんだった。

  The petty official's work mainly involved organizing documents.