その会社では、会長が院政を敷いていて、社長はお飾りにすぎない。

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English Translation

The "retired" president of that company runs the whole show from behind the scenes, so the current president is nothing but a figurehead.

Furigana

その会社(かいしゃ)では、会長(かいちょう)が院政(いんせい)を敷(し)いていて、社長(しゃちょう)はお飾(かざ)りにすぎない。

Romanji

Sono kaisha de wa, kaichō ga insei o shiiteite, shachō wa okazari ni suginai.

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...

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

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.

は (は)

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

会長 (かいちょう)

president (of a society); chairman

が (が)

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

院政 (いんせい)

government by cloistered emperors

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.

敷く (しく)

to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)

社長 (しゃちょう)

company president; manager; director

御飾り (おかざり)

decorations; offerings; mere window dressing

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

過ぎる (すぎる)

to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond; to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to be over; to exceed; to surpass; to be above; to be no more than ...; to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ...