役やく所しょ仕し事ごと

noun

red tape; bureaucratic bungling; officialism

Pejorative term for inefficient, rule-bound, or obstructive bureaucratic procedures, often implying unnecessary paperwork and delays.

• 許きょ可かを得えるのに役やく所しょ仕し事ごとで一いっか月げつもかかった。

  It took a whole month to get the permit because of red tape.

• あの部ぶ署しょは役やく所しょ仕し事ごとがひどくて、簡かん単たんな手て続つづきもなかなか進すすまない。

  That department is so bureaucratic that even simple procedures barely move forward.