役やく人にん風かぜ

noun

bureaucratic airs; official manner

Describes someone acting with the self-important, condescending attitude stereotypical of a bureaucrat or official. Often used in the phrase 役人風を吹かせる.

• 彼かれは窓まど口ぐちで役やく人にん風かぜを吹ふかせて、なかなか手て続つづきを進すすめてくれなかった。

  He put on bureaucratic airs at the counter and wouldn't process the paperwork quickly.