彼はうちの社員の中でも一頭地を抜く存在として一目置かれている。

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English Translation

Among our employees he's recognized as a towering figure.

Furigana

彼(かれ)はうちの社員(しゃいん)の中(なか)でも一頭地(いっとうち)を抜(ぬ)く存在(そんざい)として一目(いちもく)置(お)かれている。

Romanji

Kare wa uchi no shain no naka demo ittōchi o nuku sonzai toshite ichimoku okareteiru.

Words

彼 (かれ)

he; him; his; boyfriend

は (は)

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

家 (うち、ち)

house; home (one's own); (one's) family; (one's) household

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

社員 (しゃいん)

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

中 (なか)

inside; in; among; within; center (centre); middle; during; while

でも (でも)

but; however; though; nevertheless; still; yet; even so; even; however; no matter how; even if; even though; ... or something; either ... or ...; neither ... nor ...; pseudo-; quack; in-name-only; for lack of anything better to do

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.

抜く (ぬく)

to extract; to omit; to draw out; to unplug; to do something to the end; to surpass; to overtake; to masturbate (of a male); to ejaculate (while masturbating); to take (a photo); to record (video)

存在 (そんざい)

existence; being

として (として)

as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...

一目 (いちもく)

look; glance; stone (in the game of go)

置く (おく)

to put; to place; to leave (behind); to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up; to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ; to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc); to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool; to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house; to separate spatially or temporally; to do something in advance; to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state