Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultant
asshole boss; arsehole boss
age-related macular degeneration; ARMD
national identification number system; My number system
regular menu (as opposed to the lunch menu, daily specials, etc.)
milestone; stone signpost; standing stone (e.g. in garden); menhir
failing college entrance exams and retaking them a year later
first quotation for a stock at the first exchange meeting of the New Year; initial share price during a public offering
digital signage display; electronic billboard; digital signage system
natto made from ground soybeans
settlement day; day of reckoning
wet behind the ears; inexperienced; immature
Mothers; Market of the High-growth and Emerging Stocks
to manipulate figures to one's advantage; to count wrongly on purpose; to inflate or deflate one's age
making a plan; recommendation; suggestion
First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
business improvement order
pluripotency; multipotency
company information session
monkfish liver; goosefish liver
short clip used to begin and end commercial breaks on Japanese TV
story about human nature or emotions (esp. rakugo); emotional rakugo story lacking a punch line
signed; sealed; having a signature or seal
to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options; to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools