わたしたちの会社はマンモス会社で、繁雑な面を少くし能率を上げるために、改正あるいは撤廃すべき規則とか規約がいくつかある。

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English Translation

Our firm is a giant one, and there are some rules and regulations, which should be revised or rescinded to reduce red tape and increase efficiency.

Furigana

わたしたちの会社(かいしゃ)はマンモス会社(かいしゃ)で、繁雑(はんざつ)な面(めん)を少(すくな)くし能率(のうりつ)を上(あ)げるために、改正(かいせい)あるいは撤廃(てっぱい)すべき規則(きそく)とか規約(きやく)がいくつかある。

Romanji

Watashitachi no kaisha wa manmosu kaisha de, hanzatsuna men o sukunaku shi nōritsu o ageru tameni, kaisei aruiha teppaisu beki kisoku toka kiyaku ga ikutsu ka aru.

Words

私たち (わたしたち、わたくしたち)

we; us

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

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

は (は)

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

マンモス (マンモス)

mammoth (esp. the woolly mammoth, Mammuthus primigenius)

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.

煩雑 (はんざつ)

complex; intricate; complicated; confused; troublesome; vexatious

面 (めん)

face; mask; face guard; (in kendo) striking the head; surface (esp. a geometrical surface); page; aspect; facet; side; chamfer; counter for broad, flat objects, levels or stages, e.g. in a video game

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.

少ない (すくない)

few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

能率 (のうりつ)

efficiency; moment (i.e. magnetic moment)

上げる (あげる)

to raise; to elevate; to do up (one's hair); to fly (a kite, etc.); to launch (fireworks, etc.); to surface (a submarine, etc.); to land (a boat); to deep-fry; to show someone (into a room); to summon (for geishas, etc.); to send someone (away); to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll; to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to develop (talent, skill); to improve; to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice); to earn (something desirable); to praise; to give (an example, etc.); to cite; to summon up (all of one's energy, etc.); to arrest; to nominate; to give; to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.); to bear (a child); to conduct (a ceremony, esp. a wedding); (of the tide) to come in; to vomit; to do for (the sake of someone else); to complete ...; to humbly do ...

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

改正 (かいせい)

revision; amendment; alteration

或いは (あるいは、あるは)

or; possibly

撤廃 (てっぱい)

annulment; abolition; repeal; rescission

可し (べし)

shall; should; must

規則 (きそく)

rules; regulations; conventions

とか (とか)

among other things; such things as; or something like that

規約 (きやく)

agreement; rules; code; protocol; convention; bylaw

が (が)

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

幾つ (いくつ)

how many?; how old?

か (か)

indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical); or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; emphatic prefix; suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; in that way

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about