木こっ端ぱ役やく人にん

noun

petty official; minor bureaucrat

Derogatory term for a low-ranking, insignificant official or bureaucrat. Often used to criticize someone who wields their tiny authority arrogantly.

• あの木こっ端ぱ役やく人にんが、またつまらない規き則そくを押おし付つけてきた。

  That petty official pushed another pointless rule on us again.

• 彼かれはただの木こっ端ぱ役やく人にんに過すぎないのに、やけに威い張ばっている。

  He's nothing more than a minor bureaucrat, but he acts so high and mighty.