過当競争という言葉は日本の産業界でよく使われるが、その正確な定義はない。

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English Translation

The word 'excessive competition' is frequently used in Japanese industry, but there is not a precise definition of the practice.

Furigana

過当(かとう)競争(きょうそう)という言葉(ことば)は日本(にっぽん)の産業界(さんぎょうかい)でよく使(つか)われるが、その正確(せいかく)な定義(ていぎ)はない。

Romanji

Katō kyōsō toiu kotoba wa Nippon no sangyōkai de yoku tsukawareru ga, sono seikakuna teigi wa nai.

Words

過当 (かとう)

excessive; exorbitant

競争 (きょうそう)

competition; contest; to compete

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

言葉 (ことば、けとば)

language; dialect; word; words; phrase; term; expression; remark; speech; (manner of) speaking

は (は)

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

日本 (にほん、にっぽん)

Japan

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

産業界 (さんぎょうかい)

the industrial world

で (で、にて)

indicates location of action; at; in; indicates time of action; indicates means of action; cause of effect; by; and then; so; indicates continuing action; indicates certainty, emphasis, etc.

良く (よく)

nicely; properly; well; skillfully; skilfully; frequently; often

使う (つかう)

to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to put to use; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to handle; to manage; to manipulate; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend; to consume; to use (language); to speak

が (が)

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

其の (その)

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener; actions of the listener, or ideas expressed or understood by the listener); the; um...; er...; uh...

正確 (せいかく)

accurate; punctual; exact; authentic; veracious

定義 (ていぎ)

definition

ない (ない)

not; emphatic suffix