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at company's expense

1

karoshi line (official measure of excessive hours of overtime per month)

1

Kimiko

5

large ditch

39

overwork; working too hard

1

gasoline (money); petrol (cost)

1

comprehensive evaluation; over-all judgment; general comment

1

to support; to back up; to revive (e.g. a company); to boost (e.g. morale); to bring up; to raise

1

Ferrari

2

training period; residency (esp. medical); internship

1

Tanaka

3

Labor Standards Act

1

ox or whale penis, used as a tonic or aphrodisiac

1

to sniffle; to snivel

1

Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

1

labor union; labour union; trade union

1

tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)

1

working hours; man-hours

1

to overwork

1

marathon race; marathon

1

cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost

1

best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)

2

our company; my company

1

Reiko

6

prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

1

expressive power; inventiveness; creative power

1

karoshi; death from overwork

1

better; preferable

1

business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)

3

burger

2

chain store

1

mountain air

1

to pay for another; to pay someone else's debt as a loan to him; to make temporary payment on a person's behalf

2

regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee

1

paying one's own way

1

personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs

1

as we know

1

graduate school

1

as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course; though possible as it may be

1

second month of the lunar calendar

22

customer traffic; customers; custom

1

recommendation; advice; suggestion; encouragement

1

big

2

public acknowledgment; public acknowledgement; public recognition; commendation; awarding

2

whole year; entire year; n-th year anniversary

1

limited time; limited-time offer

1

wishes of a deceased person; dying wish

5

dropping; losing; missing item; something one forgot to write down; trap; wooden protrusion from a Japanese door frame that fits a hole in the threshold, acting as a lock when closed; conclusion (of a speech, etc.)

1

complaining; nitpicking

1

our company

2