private investment; individual investment
restructuring termination (of employment); dismissal due to economic conditions
disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits
returning to profit; turnaround
personnel cut; labor cut; labour cut
negotiation of conditions
bashful; shameful; ashamed
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
bamboo shoots boiled, sliced, fermented, dried or preserved in salt, then soaked in hot water and sea salt
fateful; decisive (e.g. war)
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
latent; hidden; secret; behind the scenes
using every trick (in the book)
even assuming that ...; even granted that ...
it's my turn; the ball is in my court; it's up to me
fixed game; bid-rigging; put-up job; contest in which the victor is practically known beforehand (e.g. due to unfair conditions or an obvious difference in strength)
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
company management; managing a company