出る杭が打たれる会社じゃ、大きな成長は望めないね。

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English Translation

A company that stifles innovation can't hope to grow very much.

Furigana

出(で)る杭(くい)が打(う)たれる会社(かいしゃ)じゃ、大(おお)きな成長(せいちょう)は望(のぞ)めないね。

Romanji

Deru kui ga utareru kaisha ja, ōkina seichō wa nozomenai ne.

Words

出る (でる)

to leave; to exit; to go out; to come out; to get out; to leave (on a journey); to depart; to start out; to set out; to move forward; to come to; to get to; to lead to; to reach; to appear; to come out; to emerge; to surface; to come forth; to turn up; to be found; to be detected; to be discovered; to be exposed; to show; to be exhibited; to be on display; to appear (in print); to be published; to be announced; to be issued; to be listed; to come out; to attend; to participate; to take part; to enter (an event); to play in; to perform; to be stated; to be expressed; to come up; to be brought up; to be raised; to sell; to exceed; to go over; to stick out; to protrude; to break out; to occur; to start; to originate; to be produced; to come from; to be derived from; to be given; to get; to receive; to be offered; to be provided; to be presented; to be submitted; to be handed in; to be turned in; to be paid; to answer (phone, door, etc.); to get; to assume (an attitude); to act; to behave; to pick up (speed, etc.); to gain; to flow (e.g. tears); to run; to bleed; to graduate

杭 (くい)

stake; post; pile; picket; stump

が (が)

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

打つ (うつ)

to hit; to strike; to knock; to beat; to punch; to slap; to tap; to bang; to clap; to pound; to strike (noon, etc.); to sound (cymbals, etc.); to beat (a drum, etc.); to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.); to move; to impress; to touch; to drive in; to hammer in; to put in; to inject; to type; to send; to transmit; to insert; to write in; to mark; to make (noodles, etc.); to prepare; to till (soil); to sprinkle; to throw; to cast; to do; to carry out; to play; to perform; to engage in (gambling, etc.); to pay (a deposit, etc.); to visit (on a pilgrimage); to line (a coat); to bind (a criminal)

会社 (かいしゃ)

company; corporation; workplace

じゃあ (じゃあ、じゃ)

then; well; so; well then; combination of 'de' and 'wa' particles; plain copula

大きな (おおきな)

big; large; great

成長 (せいちょう)

growth; grow to adulthood

は (は)

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

ね (ね、ねえ)

indicates emphasis, agreement, request for confirmation, etc.; is it so; hey; come on; listen; not