Illustration: In a small company meeting room, a manager invites the longest-serving employee into the large chair at the head of the table.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

年ねん功こう序じょ列れつ

nenkoujoretsu

seniority by length of service

Example sentences

  1. 日本にっぽんでは給料きゅうりょうは大体だいたい年功序列ねんこうじょれつによる。

    In Japan wages are usually in proportion to seniority.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 今時いまどき、年功序列ねんこうじょれつだなんて言いっても、若わかい奴やつの反発はんぱつを食くうだけですよ。

    If you try to defend the seniority-based corporate escalator these days all you’ll get is flak from younger employees.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 確たしかに当初とうしょの技芸員ぎげいいんは、日本美術協会にっぽんびじゅつきょうかいの重鎮じゅうちんが年功序列ねんこうじょれつで任命にんめいを受うけるという傾向けいこうにあった。

    At first, there was a tendency to appoint authorities of Japan Art Association as Gigeiin in order of seniority.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 年功序列

  • 年year; counter for yearsOnネンKunとし
  • 功achievement; meritsOnコウ・クKunいさお
  • 序preface; beginningOnジョKunついで・ついで
  • 列file; rowOnレツ・レ

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