telephone receiver; telephone mouthpiece; making a telephone call; receiving a telephone call
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
asshole boss; arsehole boss
information session; briefing; explanatory meeting
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
to employ; to hire; to charter
continuous; nonstop; consecutive; ceaseless
physical condition; state of health
exhausted; tired; withered; worn out; boiling until shapeless or mushy; tediously
to squash; to crush; to flatten
bodily sensation; sense; experience
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; jab
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life
to get in; to go in; to come in; to flow into; to set; to set in
human relations; personal relationships
job hunting; job searching
most interesting part (of a story); climax; good part; scenic spot; beautiful place
unsatisfying; disappointing; abrupt; not enough; too quick; too short
estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact
working adult; full-fledged member of society
several times; a few times
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
bento; Japanese box lunch
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to become familiar with; to fit in; to adapt oneself; to get used to; to grow accustomed to
light (of movements); nimble; light-hearted; cheerful; taking a turn for the better (of an illness); receding of symptoms