官僚

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 官僚 (かんりょう) is a noun for a member of an administrative body who handles policy or official orders.
• Basic usage: 若い官僚が説明した has one bureaucrat as subject, whereas 官僚たちが実行する adds たち to present officials acting as a group.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Plural marking is outside the headword
  • In 官僚たち, たち is an added plural marker for people and is not part of the headword 官僚. An English plural such as “officials” does not make the base noun intrinsically plural.