travel expenses; travel(ing) allowance
main party (of the night); first party
moral harassment; workplace mobbing; workplace bullying; psychological harassment at the workplace
offering a cup (of sake) in return
labor; labour; work; service
deputy manager; acting manager; acting section chief
advancing money; temporary payment for someone else; payment on behalf of another party, with the expectation of being reimbursed later
to read between the lines
job (responsibility) of a section
kyōtei; boat race; hydroplane racing event and gambling sport in Japan
chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section
having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)
to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district); to shack up with; to shut oneself away at home (due to lack of money)
company fortunes; future of a company
continuous shooting (photography); consecutive shooting; rapid shooting
to find oneself in deep trouble; to be deep in the shit
feeling depressed; feeling gloomy; feeling downhearted
expiration of a term; becoming overdue
top university; leading university; first-rate university
very bad condition; awful state; night-soil reservoir dug in a field; night-soil pot; earthenware vessel; earthen urn
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; wraith
insect catching; bug catching
welfare; public welfare; social welfare; (former) Ministry of Health and Welfare
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
letter of resignation; request for retirement
out of one's line; out of one's field
conservation of electricity; brownout
prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government); premier
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef; to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties
keyman; key person (e.g. of a company)
board or officer's meeting
one-man (show, team, etc.); tyrant; dictatorial person; conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train