官吏|かんりkanri[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noungovernment official; public servant; civil servant

• Synonym公務員こうむいんFormalFormal yet the everyday standard for civil servants under the current system; 「官吏」 mostly means prewar officials or a written, old-fashioned term.
• Synonym吏員りいんWrittenA written, old-fashioned word for officials in general, now mostly local-government civil servants; in everyday speech use 「公務員」.
• Antonym庶民しょみんNeutralNeutral term for the common people, ordinary folk — the opposite of the officials 「官吏」 denotes.

For today's civil servants say 「公務員」 (colloquially 「役人」); 「官吏」 is an old term for prewar state officials, or a written word with historical flavor. For ordinary people, use 「庶民」.

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1. 役人やくにん。官僚かんりょう。官人かんにん。官員かんいん。
2. 明治めいじ憲法けんぽう下かの日本にっぽんで、国家こっかに対たいして忠順ただまさに職務しょくむに服ふくするために、政府せいふから特とくに選任せんにんされた者もの。第だい二に次じ大戦たいせん後ごの日本にっぽんにおける国家公務員こっかこうむいんとほぼ同おなじ。