noun
bureaucratic jargon; officialese; gobbledygook
Refers to the stiff, roundabout, or opaque language typical of government offices and bureaucracy. Often carries a negative nuance of being hard to understand or unnecessarily formal. The term お役所言葉 is a common variant.
See also: お役所言葉
役所言葉で書かれた通知は、一般の人にはわかりにくい。
Notices written in bureaucratic jargon are hard for ordinary people to understand.
「お役所言葉」とも言う。
It is also called お役所言葉.
A polite variant with the prefix お, often used with the same meaning.
Compound of 役所 (government office) and 言葉 (language, words).