private investment; individual investment
restructuring termination (of employment); dismissal due to economic conditions
encouragement to retire early; retirement stimulus
disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits
encouragement; stimulation
returning to profit; turnaround
personnel cut; labor cut; labour cut
negotiation of conditions
bribery scheme; acquisition maneuver
bashful; shameful; ashamed
male-dominated society; patriarchal society
to install (a person) in (someone's) place
going out (of a nobleman, etc.); visiting
unfair dismissal; wrongful dismissal; unfair termination
management reorganization; management reorganisation
dummy corporation; front company; shell corporation
extortionist that threatens to disrupt stock-holder meetings; sokaiya
triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; (lit.) as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck
retirement at one's own request
chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section
bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
regular position; position with a prospect of promotion
fateful; decisive (e.g. war)