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いろんな規き則そくや罰ばっ則そく（注1）を作つくって、社しゃ員いんをがんじがらめにして（注2）ひたすら働はたらかせるというタイプの経けい営えい者しゃも、まあ今いま時どきは少すくないとは思おもうが、まだいることはいる。①そういうやり方かたが間ま違ちがっていると思おもうのは、たとえそれで社しゃ員いんの労ろう働どう力りょくを物ぶつ理り的てきに100パーセント引ひき出だすことができたとしても、そのかわり精せい神しん面めんでの労ろう働どう力りょくを捨すてることになるからだ。

精せい神しん面めんでの労ろう働どう力りょくというのは、たとえば創そう意い工く夫ふうする（注3）能のう力りょくだ。強きょう制せい的てきに（注4）仕し事ごとをさせるやり方かたでは、人ひとの創そう意い工く夫ふうの能のう力りょくを引ひき出だすことはできないのだ。人にん間げんの心こころは、自じ由ゆうなときにその本ほん来らいの能のう力りょくを発揮はっきする。楽たのしんで、興きょう味みを持もって何なにかをしているとき、人ひとはいろんなアイデアを思おもいつく。（中ちゅう略りゃく）

そして、どんな仕し事ごとであろうとも、人にん間げんのする仕し事ごとには、この創そう意い工く夫ふうの才さい能のうが重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたす。一いち日にち中ちゅう、ひたすらネジを締しめる仕し事ごとであっても、だ。どうすれば不ふ良りょう品ひんを減へらせるか、どうすれば作さ業ぎょう効こう率りつ（注5）を上あげられるか。たとえばQC活かつ動どう（QualityControl：品ひん質しつ管かん理りのこと）を通とおして、作さ業ぎょうする人ひとが自じ分ぶんたちで②そういうことを積極的せっきょくてきに考かんがえるようになるシステムを創つくり上あげたからこそ、日本にっぽんの製せい造ぞう業ぎょうは世せ界かい一いちになれたのだ。

そしてそういう能のう力りょくを引ひき出だすためには、従じゅう業ぎょう員いんにとって、そこで働はたらくことが本ほん当とうの意い味みで自じ分ぶんのためになるという環かん境きょうを作つくることが欠かかせない。

本ほん人にんの幸しあわせと会かい社しゃの業ぎょう績せき（注6）が一致いっちすれば、愛あい社しゃ精せい神しんなんてものは自し然ぜんに育そだつ。強きょう制せいなんかしなくても、従じゅう業ぎょう員いんはプライドを持もって心こころから会かい社しゃのために働はたらこうと思おもう。

（高たか田だ神しん助じょ『ご飯はんを大おお盛もりにするオバチャンの店みせは必かならず繁はん盛じょうするー絶ぜっ対たいに失しっ敗ぱいしないビジネス経けい営えい哲てつ学がく』による）

（注ちゅう1）罰ばっ則そく：違い反はんしたときに従したがわなければならない規き則そく

（注ちゅう2）がんじがらめにする：ここでは、縛しばる

（注ちゅう3）創そう意い工く夫ふうする：新あたらしいアイデアを考かんがえ出だす

（注ちゅう4）強きょう制せい的てきに：無む理りやり

（注ちゅう5）作さ業ぎょう効こう率りつ：ここでは、作さ業ぎょうを進すすめる速そく度ど

（注ちゅう6）業ぎょう績せき：仕し事ごとの成せい果か

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  1. 1①そういうやり方が間違っていると思うのはなぜか。
  2. 2②そういうこととは何か。
  3. 3筆者によると、経営者が社員の能力を引き出すために必要なことは何か。

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Vocabulary3 words
  • 本来ほんらい
    • ·originally; primarily
    • ·essentially; intrinsically; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself
    • ·proper; rightful; legal; normal
    N2
  • 発揮はっき
    • ·show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
    N2
  • 縛るしばる
    • ·to tie; to bind; to fasten
    • ·to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
    N2
Other levels86 words
  • 作るつくるAs it appears here: 作って
    • ·to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
    • ·to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
    • ·to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
    • ·to till
    • ·to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
    • ·to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
    • ·to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
    • ·to have (a child)
    • ·to make up (one's face, etc.)
    • ·to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
    • ·to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion
    • ·to form (a line, etc.)
    • ·to set (a record)
    • ·to commit (a sin, etc.)
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: して
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • 少ないすくない
    • ·few; little; small (amount); low; scarce; insufficient; seldom; rare
    N5
  • まだ
    • ·still; as yet; only
    • ·(not) yet
    • ·more; (more) still
    • ·at least; comparatively; relatively
    • ·unfinished; incomplete; not yet done
    N5
  • いる
    • ·to be (of animate objects); to exist
    • ·to stay
    • ·to be ...-ing
    • ·to have ...-ed; to be ...-ed
    N5
  • それ
    • ·that; it
    • ·then; that point (in time); that time
    • ·there
    • ·you
    N5
  • できるAs it appears here: できた
    • ·to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)
    • ·to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable
    • ·to come into existence; to form; to appear; to come up (of a matter); to be born; to make (a friend); to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.)
    • ·to be made; to be built; to be constructed; to be formed; to be established; to be set up
    • ·to be finished; to be completed; to be done; to be ready
    • ·to grow (of a crop); to be produced
    • ·to be mature and well-balanced; to be of fine character
    • ·to be by nature; to be born ...
    • ·to become (sexually) involved (with); to become intimate (with); to take up (with someone)
    • ·to get pregnant
    N5
  • その
    • ·that; the
    • ·part (as in "part two")
    • ·um ...; er ...; uh ...
    N5
  • なる
    • ·to become; to get; to grow; to turn; to reach; to attain
    • ·to result in; to turn out; to end up; to prove (to be)
    • ·to consist of; to be composed of; to be made up of
    • ·to be completed; to be realized; to succeed; to be attained; to be accomplished
    • ·to change (into); to turn (into); to transform
    • ·to come (to do); to begin (to do); to grow (to do)
    • ·to come to; to amount to; to add up to; to make
    • ·to play (the part of); to act as
    • ·to be used for; to be useful for; to serve as
    • ·to be promoted
    • ·to do ...
    N5
  • する
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • 仕事しごと
    • ·work; job; labor; labour; business; task; assignment; occupation; employment
    • ·work
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: させる
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • 人ひと
    • ·person; someone; somebody
    • ·human beings; mankind; man; people; humans
    • ·human (Homo sapiens)
    • ·(other) people; others
    • ·character; personality; nature
    • ·capable person; competent person; suitable person; right person
    • ·adult; grown-up
    • ·I; me; one
    N5
  • できるAs it appears here: できない
    • ·to be able to do; to be possible; to be permitted (to do)
    • ·to be good at; to do well; to be proficient (in); to be capable
    • ·to come into existence; to form; to appear; to come up (of a matter); to be born; to make (a friend); to get (a girlfriend, free time, etc.)
    • ·to be made; to be built; to be constructed; to be formed; to be established; to be set up
    • ·to be finished; to be completed; to be done; to be ready
    • ·to grow (of a crop); to be produced
    • ·to be mature and well-balanced; to be of fine character
    • ·to be by nature; to be born ...
    • ·to become (sexually) involved (with); to become intimate (with); to take up (with someone)
    • ·to get pregnant
    N5
  • 持つもつAs it appears here: 持って
    • ·to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry
    • ·to possess; to have; to own
    • ·to maintain; to keep
    • ·to last; to be durable; to keep; to survive
    • ·to take charge of; to be in charge of
    • ·to hold (meeting, etc.); to have (opportunity, etc.)
    • ·to have "it"; to have that special something; to be blessed with good luck
    N5
  • この
    • ·this
    • ·last (couple of years, etc.); these; past; this
    • ·you (as in "you liar")
    N5
  • 一日いちにち
    • ·one day
    • ·all day (long); the whole day; from morning till night
    • ·first day of the month
    N5
  • 締めるしめる
    • ·to tie; to fasten; to tighten
    • ·to wear (necktie, belt); to put on
    • ·to total; to sum
    • ·to be strict with
    • ·to economize; to economise; to cut down on
    • ·to salt; to marinate; to pickle; to make sushi adding a mixture of vinegar and salt
    • ·to kill (fish, poultry, etc.)
    • ·to strongly press (someone); to crack down on; to keep under strict control
    N5
  • どう
    • ·how; in what way; how about
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: すれば
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • 上げるあげるAs it appears here: 上げられる
    • ·to raise; to elevate
    • ·to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf)
    • ·to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage)
    • ·to show someone (into a room); to let in (e.g. a guest)
    • ·to give
    • ·to enrol (one's child in school); to enroll; to send (one's child; e.g. to college)
    • ·to develop (talent, skill, etc.); to improve
    • ·to earn (something desirable); to achieve (e.g. a good result); to obtain
    • ·to promote (someone)
    • ·to complete; to finish
    • ·to make (a loud sound); to raise (one's voice)
    • ·to raise (one's gaze); to lift up (one's face); to look up
    • ·to do up (one's hair)
    • ·to offer up (incense, a prayer, etc.) to the gods (or Buddha, etc.)
    • ·to praise; to commend; to flatter
    • ·to make do (with less expenses than expected); to cover expenses (with a given amount); to set costs
    • ·to finish (one's studies); to complete (a lesson); to pass (e.g. a class)
    • ·to upload (e.g. an image); to publish (on the internet); to post
    • ·to raise someone's spirits; to cheer someone up; to enhance a mood
    • ·(of the tide) to come in; to rise
    • ·to increase (of market price); to rise (of stock prices)
    • ·to vomit; to throw up
    • ·to do for (the sake of someone else)
    • ·to complete ...
    • ·to humbly do ...
    N5
  • 自分じぶん
    • ·myself; yourself; oneself; himself; herself
    • ·I; me
    • ·you
    N5
  • 働くはたらく
    • ·to work; to labor; to labour
    • ·to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
    • ·to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice
    • ·to be conjugated
    N5
  • 本当ほんとう
    • ·truth; reality; actuality; fact
    • ·proper; right; correct; official
    • ·genuine; authentic; real; natural; veritable
    N5
  • 意味いみ
    • ·meaning; significance; sense
    N5
  • 作るつくる
    • ·to make; to produce; to manufacture; to build; to construct
    • ·to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol)
    • ·to raise; to grow; to cultivate; to train
    • ·to till
    • ·to draw up (a document); to make out; to prepare; to write
    • ·to create (an artistic work, etc.); to compose
    • ·to coin (a phrase); to organize; to organise; to establish; to found
    • ·to have (a child)
    • ·to make up (one's face, etc.)
    • ·to fabricate (an excuse, etc.)
    • ·to give a (false) appearance; to feign (a smile, etc.); to put on a show of emotion
    • ·to form (a line, etc.)
    • ·to set (a record)
    • ·to commit (a sin, etc.)
    N5
  • 会社かいしゃ
    • ·company; corporation; firm
    • ·one's workplace
    N5
  • もの
    • ·thing; object; article; stuff; substance
    • ·one's things; possessions; property; belongings
    • ·things; something; anything; everything; nothing
    • ·quality
    • ·reason; the way of things
    • ·used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen
    • ·item classified as ...; item related to ...; work in the genre of ...
    • ·cause of ...; cause for ...
    • ·somehow; somewhat; for some reason
    • ·really; truly
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: しなくて
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • 働くはたらくAs it appears here: 働こう
    • ·to work; to labor; to labour
    • ·to function; to operate; to be effective; to work (i.e. ... works); to come into play
    • ·to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate; to do; to act; to practise; to practice
    • ·to be conjugated
    N5
  • 店みせ
    • ·store; shop; establishment; restaurant
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: しない
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • するAs it appears here: した
    • ·to do; to carry out; to perform
    • ·to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into)
    • ·to serve as; to act as; to work as
    • ·to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
    • ·to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as
    • ·to decide on; to choose
    • ·to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.)
    • ·to be (in a state, condition, etc.)
    • ·to be worth; to cost
    • ·to pass (of time); to elapse
    • ·to place, or raise, person A to a post or status B
    • ·to transform A to B; to make A into B; to exchange A for B
    • ·to make use of A for B; to view A as B; to handle A as if it were B
    • ·to feel A about B
    • ·verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs")
    • ·creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go")
    • ·to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to
    N5
  • ここ
    • ·here; this place
    • ·this point; here; now
    • ·these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
    • ·the next ... (e.g. few days); these next ...
    N5
  • 新しいあたらしい
    • ·new; novel; fresh; recent; latest; up-to-date; modern
    N5
  • 規則きそく
    • ·rule; regulation
    N4
  • 思うおもう
    • ·to think; to consider; to believe; to reckon
    • ·to think (of doing); to plan (to do)
    • ·to judge; to assess; to regard
    • ·to imagine; to suppose; to dream
    • ·to expect; to look forward to
    • ·to feel; to be (in a state of mind); to desire; to want
    • ·to care (deeply) for; to yearn for; to worry about; to love
    • ·to recall; to remember
    N4
  • 引き出すひきだす
    • ·to pull out; to take out; to draw out
    • ·to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to bring (e.g. someone to the negotiating table); to drag
    • ·to withdraw (money); to draw
    • ·to bring out (talent, potential, beauty, flavour, etc.); to extract (information, the truth, etc.); to get (e.g. an answer out of someone); to obtain (e.g. a result); to elicit; to draw (a conclusion); to derive (e.g. pleasure)
    • ·to get (money) out of someone; to coax out of someone; to get someone to pay; to make someone produce (funds)
    N4
  • かわり
    • ·substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing
    • ·stand-in; proxy; alternate; deputy; relief; successor
    • ·compensation; exchange; return
    • ·another helping; second helping; seconds; refill
    • ·upcoming program; upcoming programme
    N4
  • 捨てるすてる
    • ·to throw away; to cast away; to dump; to discard
    • ·to abandon; to desert; to leave
    • ·to give up; to resign
    • ·to sacrifice (stones)
    N4
  • たとえば
    • ·for example; for instance; e.g.
    N4
  • 心こころ
    • ·mind; heart; spirit
    • ·the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.)
    N4
  • 自由じゆう
    • ·freedom; liberty
    N4
  • 興味きょうみ
    • ·interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
    N4
  • 考えるかんがえる
    • ·to think (about, of); to think over; to ponder; to contemplate; to reflect (on); to meditate (on)
    • ·to consider; to bear in mind; to allow for; to take into consideration
    • ·to think (that); to believe; to hold (a view); to judge; to conclude; to suspect
    • ·to intend (to do); to think of (doing); to plan
    • ·to predict; to anticipate; to expect; to imagine
    • ·to come up with; to think up; to contrive; to devise
    • ·to consider (as); to regard (as); to look on (as); to take; to view
    N4
  • なれるAs it appears here: なれた
    • ·to get used to; to grow accustomed to; to become familiar with
    • ·to become skilled in; to become experienced at
    • ·to become tame; to become domesticated
    • ·to get used to doing
    N4
  • ため
    • ·good; advantage; benefit; welfare
    • ·sake; purpose; objective; aim
    • ·consequence; result; effect
    • ·affecting; regarding; concerning
    N4
  • 必ずかならず
    • ·always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively; invariably
    N4
  • 失敗しっぱい
    • ·failure; mistake; blunder
    N4
  • こと
    • ·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; also known as; otherwise known as; or
    • ·necessity; need
    • ·you should ...; I advise that you ...; it's important to ...
    N3
  • 能力のうりょく
    • ·ability; faculty
    N3
  • 人間にんげん
    • ·human being; human; person; man; mankind; humankind
    • ·character (of a person)
    N3
  • とき
    • ·time; hour; moment
    • ·occasion; case
    • ·chance; opportunity; season
    • ·the times; the age; the day
    • ·tense
    N3
  • 何かなにか
    • ·something; some; any
    • ·somehow; for some reason
    • ·(so) what (are you trying to say)?; what (do you mean)?
    N3
  • 才能さいのう
    • ·talent; ability
    N3
  • 重要じゅうよう
    • ·important; essential; significant; major; key; principal
    N3
  • 中ちゅう
    • ·medium (size); average (grade, level, etc.); middle
    • ·in; within; out of (e.g. ten people); among
    • ·during; while; in (the course of); within (a period); throughout
    • ·currently (doing); in the process of; in the middle of; under (e.g. construction, investigation)
    • ·middle way; moderation
    • ·second volume (of three)
    • ·junior high school; middle school
    • ·China
    N3
  • 減るへるAs it appears here: 減らせる
    • ·to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
    N3
  • 作業さぎょう
    • ·work; operation; task
    N3
  • 活動かつどう
    • ·activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation
    • ·moving picture
    N3
  • 積極的せっきょくてき
    • ·positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
    N3
  • よう
    • ·appearing ...; looking ...
    • ·way to ...; method of ...ing
    • ·form; style; design
    • ·like; similar to
    • ·thing (thought or spoken)
    N3
  • そこで
    • ·so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
    N3
  • 環境かんきょう
    • ·environment; surroundings; circumstances
    N3
  • 本人ほんにん
    • ·the person in question; the person themselves; said person
    N3
  • 幸せしあわせ
    • ·happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
    N3
  • 一致いっち
    • ·agreement; accord; correspondence; consistency; coincidence; match
    • ·union; unity; cooperation
    N3
  • 自然しぜん
    • ·nature
    • ·natural; spontaneous; automatic
    • ·naturally; spontaneously; automatically
    N3
  • 育つそだつ
    • ·to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
    N3
  • 経営けいえい
    • ·management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
    N3
  • 哲学てつがく
    • ·philosophy
    N3
  • 注ちゅう
    • ·annotation; explanatory note; comment
    N3
  • 違反いはん
    • ·violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement; contravention
    N3
  • 従うしたがうAs it appears here: 従わなければ
    • ·to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow; to observe; to conform to; to yield to
    • ·to follow (a person); to accompany; to go with
    • ·to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
    • ·to serve (as); to engage in (work)
    N3
  • 進めるすすめる
    • ·to advance; to move forward; to put (a clock, watch) forward
    • ·to carry forward (plans, work, etc.); to proceed with; to make progress in; to further; to advance; to hasten; to speed up
    • ·to raise; to elevate; to promote; to develop; to stimulate (e.g. one's appetite)
    N3
  • 速度そくど
    • ·speed; velocity; pace; rate
    • ·velocity
    N3
  • 間違うまちがうAs it appears here: 間違って
    • ·to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to be wrong
    • ·to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to get wrong
    • ·to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
    N1
  • たとえ
    • ·even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing; supposing that; -ever
    N1
  • 楽しむたのしむAs it appears here: 楽しんで
    • ·to enjoy; to take pleasure in; to have a good time; to have fun; to amuse oneself
    • ·to look forward to
    N1
  • 効率こうりつ
    • ·efficiency
    N1
  • 従業員じゅうぎょういん
    • ·employee; worker
    N1
  • 欠くかくAs it appears here: 欠かせない
    • ·to chip; to nick; to break; to crack
    • ·to lack
    N1
  • 業績ぎょうせき
    • ·achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
    N1
  • 強制きょうせい
    • ·compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
    N1
  • 繁盛はんじょう
    • ·prosperity; flourishing; thriving
    N1
  • 成果せいか
    • ·(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
    N1
Grammar3 patterns

Example sentences are translated by AI.

  • としてもN2

    Concessive hypothetical attached to a plain form; 'even if / even supposing (that)'.

    ①そういうやり方が間違っていると思うのは、たとえそれで社員の労働力を物理的に100パーセント引き出すことができたとしても、そのかわり精神面での労働力を捨てることになるからだ。

    I believe ① such an approach is wrong because even if it could physically extract 100 percent of the employees' labor, it would do so at the cost of throwing away their mental capacity for work.

  • を通じて/を通してN2

    Marks the means or intermediary something happens through, or a span it holds throughout — 'through', 'via', 'throughout'.

    たとえばQC活動（QualityControl：品質管理のこと）を通して、作業する人が自分たちで②そういうことを積極的に考えるようになるシステムを創り上げたからこそ、日本の製造業は世界一になれたのだ。

    It was precisely because a system was created in which workers themselves actively thought about ② such issues, for example through QC activities (Quality Control), that Japanese manufacturing was able to become the best in the world.

  • からこそN2

    Emphasizes a reason as the very cause — 'precisely because,' 'it is exactly because.'

    たとえばQC活動（QualityControl：品質管理のこと）を通して、作業する人が自分たちで②そういうことを積極的に考えるようになるシステムを創り上げたからこそ、日本の製造業は世界一になれたのだ。

    It was precisely because a system was created in which workers themselves actively thought about ② such issues, for example through QC activities (Quality Control), that Japanese manufacturing was able to become the best in the world.

Other levels23 patterns
  • というN32 times in this passage

    Quotative marker plus 'say' that introduces a name, definition, or reported content — 'called', 'known as', 'that (one) says'.

    いろんな規則や罰則を作って、社員をがんじがらめにしてひたすら働かせるというタイプの経営者も、まあ今時は少ないとは思うが、まだいることはいる。

    I think there are fewer managers nowadays who create all sorts of rules and penalties, restrict their employees in every way, and make them do nothing but work, but such managers do still exist.

  • たとえ〜てもN3

    Concessive 'even if / even though' — sets up a hypothetical or fact that does not change the outcome.

    ①そういうやり方が間違っていると思うのは、たとえそれで社員の労働力を物理的に100パーセント引き出すことができたとしても、そのかわり精神面での労働力を捨てることになるからだ。

    I believe ① such an approach is wrong because even if it could physically extract 100 percent of the employees' labor, it would do so at the cost of throwing away their mental capacity for work.

  • 的（てき）N34 times in this passage

    A suffix turning a noun into a na-adjective meaning "relating to / -like / -ical" (一般的, 科学的).

    ①そういうやり方が間違っていると思うのは、たとえそれで社員の労働力を物理的に100パーセント引き出すことができたとしても、そのかわり精神面での労働力を捨てることになるからだ。

    I believe ① such an approach is wrong because even if it could physically extract 100 percent of the employees' labor, it would do so at the cost of throwing away their mental capacity for work.

  • というのはN3

    Introduces an explanation or definition of the topic just named — 'the thing called…' / 'what … means is'.

    精神面での労働力というのは、たとえば創意工夫する能力だ。

    Mental capacity for work includes, for example, the ability to devise creative ideas and improvements.

  • 例えば（たとえば）N32 times in this passage

    Introduces an illustrative instance, 'for example / for instance'.

    精神面での労働力というのは、たとえば創意工夫する能力だ。

    Mental capacity for work includes, for example, the ability to devise creative ideas and improvements.

  • ためにN33 times in this passage

    marks a purpose ('in order to') or a cause ('because of / owing to').

    そしてそういう能力を引き出すためには、従業員にとって、そこで働くことが本当の意味で自分のためになるという環境を作ることが欠かせない。

    And in order to draw out such abilities, it is essential to create an environment in which working there genuinely benefits the employees themselves.

  • にとってN3

    Marks the person or thing from whose standpoint something is judged or matters; 'for', 'to'.

    そしてそういう能力を引き出すためには、従業員にとって、そこで働くことが本当の意味で自分のためになるという環境を作ることが欠かせない。

    And in order to draw out such abilities, it is essential to create an environment in which working there genuinely benefits the employees themselves.

  • なんか/なんて/などN3

    A particle that cites an example or downplays/dismisses it — "things like / such as / (of all things)".

    本人の幸せと会社の業績が一致すれば、愛社精神なんてものは自然に育つ。

    If an individual's happiness and the company's performance are aligned, loyalty to the company will naturally develop.

  • によって/によるN3

    Marks means, cause, passive agent, or a factor something depends on; 'by (means of)', 'due to', 'depending on'.

    （高田神助『ご飯を大盛りにするオバチャンの店は必ず繁盛するー絶対に失敗しないビジネス経営哲学』による）

    (Based on Takada Shinsuke, The Shop Where the Lady Serves Large Portions of Rice Will Always Prosper — A Business Management Philosophy That Never Fails)

  • 方（かた）N42 times in this passage

    Attaches to a verb's masu-stem to name the manner or method of doing it, "way of / how to".

    ①そういうやり方が間違っていると思うのは、たとえそれで社員の労働力を物理的に100パーセント引き出すことができたとしても、そのかわり精神面での労働力を捨てることになるからだ。

    I believe ① such an approach is wrong because even if it could physically extract 100 percent of the employees' labor, it would do so at the cost of throwing away their mental capacity for work.

  • と思う（とおもう）N42 times in this passage

    Quotative plus 'think', stating the speaker's opinion or guess — 'I think that'.

    ①そういうやり方が間違っていると思うのは、たとえそれで社員の労働力を物理的に100パーセント引き出すことができたとしても、そのかわり精神面での労働力を捨てることになるからだ。

    I believe ① such an approach is wrong because even if it could physically extract 100 percent of the employees' labor, it would do so at the cost of throwing away their mental capacity for work.

  • ことになるN4

    Expresses that something has been decided or comes about, often through external circumstances rather than the speaker's own will; 'it has been decided that / it turns out that.'

    ①そういうやり方が間違っていると思うのは、たとえそれで社員の労働力を物理的に100パーセント引き出すことができたとしても、そのかわり精神面での労働力を捨てることになるからだ。

    I believe ① such an approach is wrong because even if it could physically extract 100 percent of the employees' labor, it would do so at the cost of throwing away their mental capacity for work.

  • させるN4

    Causative construction — make or let someone do an action ('make/let ~ do').

    強制的に仕事をさせるやり方では、人の創意工夫の能力を引き出すことはできないのだ。

    An approach that forces people to work cannot draw out their ability to think creatively and devise improvements.

  • ときN43 times in this passage

    Marks the time at which something happens — "when X, Y."

    人間の心は、自由なときにその本来の能力を発揮する。

    The human mind demonstrates its inherent abilities when it is free.

  • てもN42 times in this passage

    Concessive — 'even if / even though …'; the main clause holds regardless of the te-clause.

    一日中、ひたすらネジを締める仕事であっても、だ。

    That is true even of a job that consists of nothing but tightening screws all day.

  • ようになるN4

    Expresses a gradual change reaching a new state or acquired ability, "come to / become able to".

    たとえばQC活動（QualityControl：品質管理のこと）を通して、作業する人が自分たちで②そういうことを積極的に考えるようになるシステムを創り上げたからこそ、日本の製造業は世界一になれたのだ。

    It was precisely because a system was created in which workers themselves actively thought about ② such issues, for example through QC activities (Quality Control), that Japanese manufacturing was able to become the best in the world.

  • なければならないN4

    Expresses a general, unavoidable obligation or necessity — 'must / have to'.

    （注1）罰則：違反したときに従わなければならない規則

    (Note 1) Penalty: a rule that must be followed when a violation occurs

  • にするN53 times in this passage

    To decide on or turn something into a given state or choice, 'to make it ~ / to go with ~.'

    いろんな規則や罰則を作って、社員をがんじがらめにしてひたすら働かせるというタイプの経営者も、まあ今時は少ないとは思うが、まだいることはいる。

    I think there are fewer managers nowadays who create all sorts of rules and penalties, restrict their employees in every way, and make them do nothing but work, but such managers do still exist.

  • まだN5

    Adverb showing an action or state still continues, or (with a negative) has not happened yet — "still / (not) yet."

    いろんな規則や罰則を作って、社員をがんじがらめにしてひたすら働かせるというタイプの経営者も、まあ今時は少ないとは思うが、まだいることはいる。

    I think there are fewer managers nowadays who create all sorts of rules and penalties, restrict their employees in every way, and make them do nothing but work, but such managers do still exist.

  • 〜ているN52 times in this passage

    Describes an action in progress or the state that remains after an action happened — “is doing” or “is in the state of having done”.

    ①そういうやり方が間違っていると思うのは、たとえそれで社員の労働力を物理的に100パーセント引き出すことができたとしても、そのかわり精神面での労働力を捨てることになるからだ。

    I believe ① such an approach is wrong because even if it could physically extract 100 percent of the employees' labor, it would do so at the cost of throwing away their mental capacity for work.

  • 〜ことができるN5

    States that someone is able to do something — “can do” / “is able to do”.

    ①そういうやり方が間違っていると思うのは、たとえそれで社員の労働力を物理的に100パーセント引き出すことができたとしても、そのかわり精神面での労働力を捨てることになるからだ。

    I believe ① such an approach is wrong because even if it could physically extract 100 percent of the employees' labor, it would do so at the cost of throwing away their mental capacity for work.

  • そしてN52 times in this passage

    Additive/sequential conjunction joining clauses, 'and / and then'.

    そして、どんな仕事であろうとも、人間のする仕事には、この創意工夫の才能が重要な役割を果たす。

    And no matter what the job is, this talent for creative thinking and improvement plays an important role in any work done by human beings.

  • どんなN5

    Asks or specifies what kind or sort of thing something is, "what kind of".

    そして、どんな仕事であろうとも、人間のする仕事には、この創意工夫の才能が重要な役割を果たす。

    And no matter what the job is, this talent for creative thinking and improvement plays an important role in any work done by human beings.

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