flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for
person in charge; official; attendant
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
kendama; Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)
English proficiency test (esp. the STEP test)
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
telephone call; telephone (device)
to say; to be called; to do
to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors); to cut off (e.g. because a deadline has expired); to close off (e.g. subscription list)
medical administrative work; medical clerical work
business; trade; operations; sales
type of occupation; occupational category
can't go on like this; can't stand it anymore; can't take it any longer
ignorant of the ways of the world
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
police officer; policeman; constable
such; like that; that sort of
dine and dash; leaving a restaurant without paying
to put (into); to put away (in); to pay (fees, taxes, etc.); to deliver; to accept (a gift or money); to keep (within a limit); to offer (to a shrine, deity, etc.)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to pass (of time); to elapse
accepted; fully-fledged; clear; respectable
grandfather; male senior-citizen
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off (workers)
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
rate; ratio; one tenth; ten percent; (comparative) profit; gain; assignment
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
contract; compact; agreement
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
when; how soon; how long until
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee