年功序列 ねんこうじょれつ seniority by length of service #11,651 Meanings noun, takes の, four-character idiom seniority by length of service Its kanji 年 ネン · とし year, counter for years 功 コウ、ク · いさお achievement, merits, success, honor, credit 序 ジョ · つい.で、ついで preface, beginning, order, precedence, occasion, chance, incidentally 列 レツ、レ file, row, rank, tier, column