実力本位

じつりょくほんい

noun, no-adjective

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the precedence of merit, performance orientation, ability-based (promotion, pay scale, etc.), merit-based

実	reality, truth, seed, fruit, nut
力	power, strength, strong, strain, bear up, exert
本	book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things
位	rank, grade, throne, crown, about, some