simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
to fight against; to oppose; to face
report; return (e.g. tax); statement; declaration; notification; filing
blue return; blue-paper income-tax return; type of income tax return filing which allows for special income deductions
white return; white-paper income-tax return; type of income tax return filing which does not require maintaining accounting books
account book; register; ledger
duty; obligation; responsibility
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
tax deduction; deduction from taxable income; income exemptions and deductions
Heisei era (1989.1.8-2019.4.30)
fiscal year (usu. April 1 to March 31 in Japan); financial year; academic year; school year; product year
to obligate; to make compulsory; to require; to mandate
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
personal business; sole proprietorship
discontinuation (of business); closing down; giving up (one's practice); retiring
notification form; registration form
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
opening a business; opening a practice
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
current year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
report; notification; registration
section (e.g. in a newspaper); column; field (in a form, web page, etc.); blank; handrail; railing
literary profession; writing
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
outside the scope (of); exempt (from); ineligible (for); not covered (by)
manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
work; business; company; study
to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
to calm down; to compose oneself; to calm down; to settle down; to settle down (in a location, job, etc.); to settle in; to be settled (of an arrangement, conclusion, etc.)