service industry; service sector
financial structure; financial constitution
playing mahjong all night
entrance badge; visitor's card
to be valuable as scrap; to be able to do other work; to have marketable skills
declaring that one is one tile away from winning on one's first discard and before any tiles have been called or kongs declared
past (exam) question collection
unlisted (company, stock)
(period of) low stock prices; falling stock prices
nine-to-five (working hours); nine to five
company split-up; spinning off of a separate company
skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past
to go back to the starting point
joining a company as a mid-career hire
technical college or institute
financial circles; the financial community
to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away
flexible-hours system; flextime; flexitime
management base; business foundation
email newsletter; email magazine; e-zine; e-mag
severe acute respiratory syndrome; SARS
spirit of dedication to one's company
qualification requirement (for a job)
city bank; metropolitan bank
non career (i.e. civil servants not on track for high-ranking positions)