お役所仕事

おやくしょしごと

bureaucratic routine, red tape

役所

やくしょ

government office, public office

仕事

しごと

work

郡役所

ぐんやくしょ

county offices

市役所

しやくしょ

municipal office, council, city hall

区役所

くやくしょ

ward office, council (regional)

仕事人

しごとにん

professional, person good at a particular job, person who does their job without mistakes

出仕事

でしごと しゅっしごと

outside work

力仕事

ちからしごと

physical work, manual labour (labor)

藁仕事

わらしごと

making things out of straw (winter work for farmers)

仕事柄

しごとがら

for work, work-related

夜仕事

よしごと よるしごと

night work

仕事台

しごとだい

workbench, work table

大仕事

おおしごと

big job, great task

仕事場

しごとば

place where one works, construction site, working area

仕事着

しごとぎ

work clothes, business suit

仕事量

しごとりょう

(one's) workload, amount of work (to be) done by one

仕事中

しごとちゅう

at work, in the midst of work, working

骨仕事

ほねしごと

backbreaking work