A bureaucrat; a government official who works in administrative agencies and is involved in policy planning and implementation.
新しい政策について官僚が説明した。
A bureaucrat explained the new policy.
彼は外務省のベテラン官僚だ。
He is a veteran bureaucrat at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
書類の手続きが官僚的で時間がかかった。
The paperwork was bureaucratic and took a long time.