T-shaped wooden bell hammer
company split-up; spinning off of a separate company
social distance; social distancing
to cost little; to come cheap
industrial physician; occupational health physician
outsourcing; subcontracting
Gemini (constellation); the Twins
exclamation point; exclamation mark
emergency measures; urgent countermeasures
signature-collecting campaign
to be scattered around; to be all over the place
resident employee; local staff; representative of a local office; employee assigned to an office
catering; (food) delivery
before the end of this year
clear-cut and straightforward; (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright
to peak (at a given time or given group); to approach the peak; to come to a peak
childcare leave; leave taken after the compulsory maternity leave
violently disagreeing; strongly opposing; setting one's heart against
five characters; five letters; five-syllable verse of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.; first five syllables of a waka, haiku, renga, etc.
fox with supernatural powers
flying bird; soaring bird
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
to act the goody-goody; to pretend to be nice
Christmas cake; unmarried woman above the age of 25
division (of company); operations department
skipping rope; jump rope; skipping; rope-jumping
hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)
quarrel; trouble; dispute
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin