just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
moment by moment; hour by hour
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
a family; a household; (one's own) style; school; gang; (yakuza) family
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
retirement age; (arch.) years of service in a military rank before eligibility for promotion
successor; replacement; second wife
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
just because; even if; even though
moving to a different location to start a new job; (proceeding to) new appointment
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
that's true; of course; obviously
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind
household economy; family finances
notice of personnel change (appointment, dismissal, etc.); wording; choice of language; phraseology
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
to have a pulse; to be alive; to have a chance; to be not altogether hopeless
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone
to sympathize deeply with; to strike a chord of sympathy
business that exploits its employees (e.g. through unpaid overtime)
the most; the extreme; prime; conspicuous
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
and so; therefore; for that reason
person willing to take on a role; willing candidate
postbox; mailbox; post; position; post (e.g. goalpost); post- (e.g. post-Cold War)
out of control; out of hand; unmanageable; nothing one can do