年ねん功こう

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

long service; seniority

Refers to years of service or experience, often in the context of seniority-based systems (年功序列).

He was promoted based on seniority.

年ねん功こう序じょ列れつの制せい度どがまだ残のこっている会かい社しゃもある。

Some companies still have a seniority-based system.

年ねん功こうを積つむto build up seniority through years of service
彼かれはこの会かい社しゃで長なが年ねん年ねん功こうを積つんできた。
He has built up seniority at this company over many years.
年ねん功こうに応おうじて〈物もの〉が上あがるfor something (pay, rank) to rise according to seniority
この会かい社しゃでは年ねん功こうに応おうじて給きゅう料りょうが上あがる。

経けい験けんN4
年功 specifically means the seniority or credit earned from years of service, while 経験 is the broader, more common word for any kind of experience.
勤きん続ぞくN1
勤続 refers neutrally to the fact of continuous employment at a company, whereas 年功 carries the added sense that those years earn status or seniority.

実じつ力りょくN3
年功 (seniority from years served) is often contrasted with 実力 (actual ability or performance) when discussing how promotions or pay should be decided.

功こう労ろう
年功 is credit for simply having served many years, while 功労 is credit for meritorious achievement or contribution, regardless of tenure.

Compound of 年 (year) and 功 (achievement, merit), literally 'yearly merit'.

At this company, salaries rise according to seniority.