その係長は勤勉な男ではないが、上役にとり入る術を心得ているから、早く昇進するのだ。

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English Translation

The chief clerk is not a hardworking man, but gets ahead rapidly because he knows how to curry favor with his superiors.

Furigana

その係長(かかりちょう)は勤勉(きんべん)な男(おとこ)ではないが、上役(うわやく)にとり入(はい)る術(じゅつ)を心得(こころえ)ているから、早(はや)く昇進(しょうしん)するのだ。

Romanji

Sono kakarichō wa kinbenna otoko de wa nai ga, uwayaku nitori hairu jutsu o kokoroeteiru kara, hayaku shōshinsuru no da.

Words

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

係長 (かかりちょう)

chief clerk

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

勤勉 (きんべん)

diligent; industrious

男 (おとこ、おっこ)

man; male; fellow; guy; chap; bloke; male lover; boyfriend; man; manliness; manly honor; manly honour; manly reputation

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

上役 (うわやく)

superior; senior

入る (はいる)

to enter; to go into; to break into; to join; to enroll; to contain; to hold; to accommodate; to have (an income of); to get; to receive; to score

術 (じゅつ)

art; technique; means; way; trick; trap; plot; stratagem; magic

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

心得る (こころえる)

to know; to understand; to be aware of; to regard as; to take for; to consent; to agree

から (から)

from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part); through (e.g. window, vestibule); after; since

早い (はやい)

fast; quick; hasty; brisk; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet; (too) early; easy; simple; quick

昇進 (しょうしん)

promotion; advancement; rising in rank

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative