regulations; rules; (local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw
Ireland (country); Éire; Ireland (island)
same-sex marriage; gay marriage
legal; lawful; legitimate
constitutional reform; constitutional amendment
international; worldwide; cross-border; cosmopolitan
tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
legalization; legalisation
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
rotation; making the rounds; spreading; effect; efficacy; by way of; via
homo; homosexual (esp. a male); homozygote; homogenization; Homo (genus of primates incl. modern humans)
section manager; section chief
to affect; to impact; to influence
guess; conjecture; surmise
provincial city; provincial town; suburban city; regional towns and cities
municipal office; council; city hall
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
propulsion; drive; promotion (of a policy, project, movement, etc.); furtherance; advancement
U-turn; returning home (after a vacation); returning to one's (rural) hometown (after having lived in a big city)
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
person in charge (of an area of work); person responsible; contact (person)
hard struggle; strenuous effort
regular position; position with a prospect of promotion
preference; priority; precedence
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
within a company; in-house; within a shrine; shrine precincts
TOEIC; Test of English for International Communication
800; eight hundred; multitude; large number
to be full; to wax (e.g. moon); to rise (e.g. tide); to mature; to expire
development; exploitation
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
company president; manager; director
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
political measures; policy
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
congratulations; felicitations; best wishes; longevity; long life