irregular employment; atypical employment
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
from the best to the worst; from top to bottom; of every kind; all sorts
warm (treatment, reception, etc.); kind; cordial; hospitable; courteous; respectful
employee welfare; employee benefits; fringe benefits
cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; (arch.) first; (arch.) foremost; (arch.) doing as one pleases; (arch.) acting selfishly
miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans; innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso; key (main) point; good part (of something); weakling
scattering; diffusion; spread (e.g. signal across the spectrum)
malicious; vicious; malignant; shoddy; inferior; poor-quality
shut-in; stay-at-home; hikikomori; social withdrawal; shunning other people
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
to take advantage of (someone's) weakness
again (and again); once again; yet again
communication skills; communication ability
university graduate; having graduated from university
top university; leading university; first-rate university
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
what one should do (usu. in questions)
to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
human resources training; development of human resources; personnel training
inheritance; succession; accession; share-alike
to be valuable as scrap; to be able to do other work; to have marketable skills
unexpectedly; by chance; by accident
decisive win; winning hands down
parenthood; parent or someone with children on the way (esp. an expecting mother); (of a fish) containing roe (eggs)
unknown; unidentified; unspecified
not knowing when to give up; being a bad loser; poor at letting things go; unable to accept the inevitable
blogger (writer of a weblog)
right-wing (politics); extreme right-wing group; right wing (bird, plane, etc.); right field; right flank; right fielder; high rank
left-wing (politics); left wing (of a bird, aircraft, formation, etc.); left flank; left field