官吏

Meaning

1. n
   government official; public servant; civil servant

Example sentences

• 私の友人に大学を卒業して立派な官吏となっておる者がある。ある時この人が私に曰うに、僕は学校に於て教ったことは何も役に立たなかった、しかし少しばかり学んだ哲学が僕に非常な利益を与えたと。

  I have one of my friends who graduated from university and became a fine public servant. Once he told me that what he had learned from school had been useless. However, what little philosophy he had learned proved to be of great benefit.