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営業マンだって、リストラ予備軍に配属されないように必死な訳です。

Sentence Analyzer

営業 まん だって リストラ 予備軍 配属されない ように 必死な です

English Translation

After all, even salesmen are desperate to avoid being targeted for downsizing.

Furigana

営業(えいぎょう)マンだって、リストラ予備軍(よびぐん)配属(はいぞく)されないように必死(ひっし)(わけ)です。

Romanji

Eigyō man datte, risutora yobigun ni haizokusarenai yōni hisshina wake desu.

Words

営業 (えいぎょう)
business; trade; sales; operations
マン (マン)
man
だって (だって)
after all; because; but; even; too; as well; also; they say; I hear; you mean
リストラ (リストラ)
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing
予備軍 (よびぐん)
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
()
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
配属 (はいぞく)
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
様に (ように)
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
必死 (ひっし)
frantic; desperate; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
(わけ)
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
です (です)
be; is

Kanji

Readings: エイ、 いとな.む、 いとな.み
Meanings: occupation, camp, perform, build, conduct (business)
Readings: ギョウ、 ゴウ、 わざ
Meanings: business, vocation, arts, performance
Readings: ヨ、 シャ、 あらかじ.め
Meanings: beforehand, previous, myself, I
Readings: ビ、 そな.える、 そな.わる、 つぶさ.に
Meanings: equip, provision, preparation
Readings: グン、 いくさ
Meanings: army, force, troops, war, battle
Readings: ハイ、 くば.る
Meanings: distribute, spouse, exile, rationing
Readings: ゾク、 ショク、 さかん、 つく、 やから
Meanings: belong, genus, subordinate official, affiliated
Readings: ヒツ、 かなら.ず
Meanings: invariably, certain, inevitable
Readings: シ、 し.ぬ、 し.に-
Meanings: death, die
Readings: ヤク、 わけ
Meanings: translate, reason, circumstance, case