今時、年功序列だなんて言っても、若い奴の反発を食うだけですよ。

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English Translation

If you try to defend the seniority-based corporate escalator these days all you'll get is flak from younger employees.

Furigana

今時(いまどき)、年功序列(ねんこうじょれつ)だなんて言(い)っても、若(わか)い奴(やつ)の反発(はんぱつ)を食(く)うだけですよ。

Romanji

Imadoki, nenkōjoretsu da nante itte mo, wakai yatsu no hanpatsu o kuu dake desu yo.

Words

今時 (いまどき)

present day; today; recently; these days; nowadays; at this hour

年功序列 (ねんこうじょれつ)

seniority by length of service

だ (だ)

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

なんて (なんて)

such as; (things) like; exclamation

言う (いう、ゆう)

to say; to utter; to declare; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise

も (も)

too; also; in addition; as well; (not) either (in a negative sentence); both A and B; A as well as B; neither A nor B (in a negative sentence); even; as much as; as many as; as far as; as long as; no less than; no fewer than; even if; even though; although; in spite of; further; more; again; another; the other

若い (わかい)

young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small

奴 (やつ、しゃつ)

fellow; guy; chap; thing; object; (derogatory or familiar) he; she; him; her

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

反発 (はんぱつ)

opposition; rebellion; revolt; resistance; backlash; refusal; rebounding; recoiling; repulsion; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery

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.

食う (くう)

to eat; to live; to make a living; to survive; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment; to taunt; to make light of; to make fun of; to encroach on; to eat into; to consume; to defeat a superior; to threaten a position; to consume time and-or resources; to receive something (usu. an unfavourable event); to have sexual relations with a woman, esp. for the first time

丈 (だけ)

only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone; as (e.g. as soon as, as much as); worth

です (です)

be; is

よ (よ)

indicates certainty, emphasis, contempt, request, etc.; used when calling out to someone; used to catch one's breath or get someone's attention; yo!