service industry; service sector
financial structure; financial constitution
recent graduate looking to change jobs
bulgogi (Korean dish of grilled beef)
declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared
unlisted (company, stock)
skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
joining a company as a mid-career hire
severe acute respiratory syndrome; SARS
graduate recruitment; employment of new graduates
V-shaped recovery; sharp recovery
beauty and fortune seldom go together; the beautiful die young
lasting (work); sustained (effort); prolonged; long-winded
looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job
points (already) allotted to one; points (already) gained (in earlier rounds)
high magnification (telescope, etc.); high power
all-time low (price, in trading); record low; new low
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
village along a (large) river
document screening; paper screening; narrowing down a field of applicants based on resumes, written applications, etc.
misfortune; short life; evil fate
corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things
hotel voucher; accommodation voucher
influx of South Korean pop culture (into Japan)
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
going off course; going out of bounds
directly managed store (as opposed to a distributor)
children; group of politicians associated with a particular political leader; politicians riding on a leader's coattails
2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC
allotment (allocation) of marks
industrialist; entrepreneur
claw crane; toy crane; crane game; arcade game where the player captures stuffed animals, etc. with a UFO-like crane