社長が社員の主体的な取り組みを促した。

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社長 が 社員 の 主体的 な 取り組み を 促した 。

English Translation

The president urged employees to act on their initiative.

Furigana

社長(しゃちょう)が社員(しゃいん)の主体的(しゅたいてき)な取(と)り組(く)みを促(うなが)した。

Romanji

Shachō ga shain no shutaiteki na torikumi o unagashita.

Words

社長 (しゃちょう)

company president; manager; director

が (が)

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

社員 (しゃいん)

company employee; company stockholders (esp. in legal contexts); members of a corporation

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

主体的 (しゅたいてき)

independent; responsible; active; proactive

だ (だ)

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

取り組み (とりくみ)

bout (in sports, etc.); match; effort; initiative; dealing with; grappling with; wrestling with

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.

促す (うながす)

to urge; to press; to prompt; to suggest; to demand; to stimulate; to quicken; to incite; to invite (attention to)

Kanji

社

Readings: シャ、 やしろ

Meanings: company, firm, office, association, shrine

長

Readings: チョウ、 なが.い、 おさ

Meanings: long, leader, superior, senior

員

Reading: イン

Meanings: employee, member, number, the one in charge

主

Readings: シュ、 ス、 シュウ、 ぬし、 おも、 あるじ

Meanings: lord, chief, master, main thing, principal

体

Readings: タイ、 テイ、 からだ、 かたち

Meanings: body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

的

Readings: テキ、 まと

Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

取

Readings: シュ、 と.る、 と.り、 と.り-、 とり、 -ど.り

Meanings: take, fetch, take up

組

Readings: ソ、 く.む、 くみ、 -ぐみ

Meanings: association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple

促

Readings: ソク、 うなが.す

Meanings: stimulate, urge, press, demand, incite