This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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もしもし、人事課ですが。

もしもし、人事課(じんじか)ですが。
Hello, is this the personnel department?
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俺は人事課の馬鹿野郎にあごで指図されるつもりはない。

(おれ)人事課(じんじか)馬鹿(ばか)野郎(やろう)にあごで指図(さしず)されるつもりはない。
I will not be dictated to by some idiot in the personnel department.
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事は百年前、多くの雇い主が従業員に賃金を支給していた方法にさかのぼる、と人事課職員のポーラ・グレイソンさんは話してくれました。

(こと)(ひゃく)(ねん)(まえ)(おお)くの(やと)(ぬし)従業員(じゅうぎょういん)賃金(ちんぎん)支給(しきゅう)していた方法(ほうほう)にさかのぼる、と人事課(じんじか)職員(しょくいん)のポーラ・グレイソンさんは(はな)してくれました。
It goes back, Personnel Officer Paula Grayson told us, to the way many employers used to pay their employees a hundred years ago.