prefecture (Japan); county (China, Taiwan, Norway, etc.); department (France); province (Italy, Spain, etc.)
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
shuttle bus; pickup bus; courtesy bus; hotel bus; bus service connecting a station, airport, etc. to a hotel or tourist attraction
isolated place; out-of-the-way place; remote part of the land
independent administrative corporation (institution, agency)
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
entry (event, competition, etc.); applying for entry; registering to participate; entry (blog, database, etc.); post
company; corporation; workplace
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; liberal arts
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
the future; future prospects
hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
document; official papers
carapace; shell; 1st in rank; grade A; instep; back of hand
second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); stylish; chic; strange; quaint
writing; composition; essay; sentence
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
employment; starting work
written pledge; signed note of assurance; memorandum; legal instrument
legal; from a legal standpoint; legally speaking; de jure
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
white clothes; white robe; white gown (worn by doctors, chemists, etc.); commoner without rank (in ancient China); layperson
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
and then; and so; and; so then
interviewer (for job, school, etc. interviews)
job hunting; job searching
life; living; I; me; student
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
lonely (place); remote; in the middle of nowhere
laboratory animal; experimental animal
human experiment; human experimentation; experiment on a living person
vote; ballot; label; ticket; tag
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
to throw into; to toss into