flexible-hours system; flextime; flexitime
management base; business foundation
email newsletter; email magazine; e-zine; e-mag
non career (i.e. civil servants not on track for high-ranking positions)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (media franchise)
looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job
childcare leave; maternity leave
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
Gemini (constellation); the Twins
application form (esp. job application)
depopulation; falling population; decrease in population; population decline
to grumble; to gripe; to complain
practice; practising; training; study
hygiene management; hygiene control; sanitation
cold water; cold sake; cold; cool
apt to think; tend to think
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
safety administration; safety control; safety management
female company president; female CEO
fatal accident; deadly accident
domineering husband; hectoring husband; husband who rules the roost
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
rank-and-file member of staff; ordinary employee; low-grade employee
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to join a household (as a housewife or househusband); to become a housewife; to become a househusband