入りたての新人はまず出世の第一歩として、人が嫌がるつまらない単純作業を何でもやることだ。

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English Translation

The newest staff members get all the donkey work when they're at the bottom of the ladder.

Furigana

入(はい)りたての新人(しんじん)はまず出世(しゅっせ)の第一歩(だいいっぽ)として、人(ひと)が嫌(いや)がるつまらない単純(たんじゅん)作業(さぎょう)を何(なん)でもやることだ。

Romanji

Hairitate no shinjin wa mazu shusse no daiippo toshite, hito ga iyagaru tsumaranai tanjun sagyō o nandemo yaru koto da.

Words

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

新人 (しんじん)

new face; newcomer; rookie; fresh recruit; modern humans (from Cro-Magnon man onwards)

は (は)

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

先ず (まず)

first (of all); to start with; about; almost; anyway; well; now; hardly (with neg. verb)

出世 (しゅっせ)

success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

第一歩 (だいいっぽ)

first step

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...

人 (ひと、ヒト)

man; person; human being; mankind; people; human (Homo sapiens); humans as a species; character; personality; man of talent; true man; another person; other people; others; adult

が (が)

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

嫌がる (いやがる)

to hate; to dislike

詰らない (つまらない)

dull; uninteresting; boring; tedious; insignificant; unimportant; trifling; trivial; worthless; absurd; foolish; silly; stupid; useless; pointless; disappointing

単純 (たんじゅん)

simplicity; simple; uncomplicated

作業 (さぎょう)

work; operation; manufacturing; fatigue duty

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.

何でも (なんでも)

any; whatever one likes; by all means; anything; everything; I am told; I understand; they say; I hear

遣る (やる)

to do; to undertake; to perform; to play (a game); to study; to send; to dispatch; to despatch; to put; to move; to turn (one's head, glance, etc.); to give (esp. to someone of equal or lower status); to let have; to present; to bestow; to confer; to make (a vehicle) go faster; to run (a business); to keep; to be engaged in; to practice (law, medicine, etc.); to practise; to have (food, drink, etc.); to eat; to drink; to smoke; to hold (a performance); to perform; to show; to ease (one's mind); to harm; to injure; to kill; to have sex with; to live; to get by; to get along; to do ... completely; to do ... broadly; to do ... to a great distance; to do ... for (someone of equal or lower status); to do ... to (sometimes with negative nuance); to make active efforts to ...

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

だ (だ)

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