unification; bringing together; generalization; control; supervision
large income earner; people in the higher income brackets
2008 financial crisis; global financial crisis; GFC
caddie (golf); caddy; (CD-ROM) caddy
compulsory inspection; compulsory search
chain-reaction bankruptcy; chain bankruptcy
bad debt; irrecoverable debt
Japanese government bond; JGB
fabricated story; cooked up (news) report
reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter
adjudication of bankruptcy
Tokyo Regional Taxation Bureau
tax reduction; tax avoidance; tax planning
certification of contents
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
master of business administration; MBA; military base agreement
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
revenue office; taxation bureau
love problems; problem related to love
former president of a company
specialized course; specialised course; something that is specialized for a certain field or application (e.g. a sauce specially made for zaru soba)
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly