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subsection head;assistant manager;chief clerk
その係長は勤勉な男ではないが、上役にとり入る術を心得ているから、早く昇進するのだ。
The chief clerk is not a hardworking man, but gets ahead rapidly because he knows how to curry favor with his superiors.
Other forms
掛長 【かかりちょう】 (rarely used kanji form)