travel expenses; travel(ing) allowance
main party (of the night); first party
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
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
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
landline telephone; fixed-line telephone
discipline; punishment; reprimand
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
division (of company); operations department
finding oneself; self-discovery; journey of self-discovery; search for self
urine; piss; pee; breaking a contract
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
insecticide; insect repellent