Dictionary / Vocabulary / 上司
じょうし
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
JLPT N1 common word
上司は僕の仕事振りがいい加減だと決め付けた。
My boss took me to task for the poor quality of my work.
上司がいくら立派なことを言っても、部下は、見るところはちゃんと見ている。
However fine the words of the management, those working for them see what is to be seen.
上司との会話やレポートは超訳した普通の言葉で綴るのです。
Conversations with the management, reports and such should be very freely interpreted into normal language.