n. the formal and often obscure style of writing characteristic of some government officials; officialese; -- it is characterized by euphemisms, circumlocutions, vague abstractions, and circumlocutions. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]
[かんかんせったい, kankansettai] (n) (often local bureaucrats entertaining central bureaucrats) (See 接待・2) bureaucrats entertaining bureaucrats using public funds
[しゅごだいみょう, shugodaimyou] (n) (arch) provincial military governor turned daimyo (Muromachi period) (distinct from the shugo bureaucrats of the Kamakura period)