dropping below break-even point; (selling at) below cost
corporate reconstruction; corporate rejuvenation; corporate revitalization; corporate revival
securitization; securitisation
request for budgetary appropriations
Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
bidding price; price tendered
management reorganization; management reorganisation
corporate acquisition (buyout)
central government ministries and agencies
situation of one's own doing
(senior) managing director
reorganization plan; reorganisation plan; restructuring plan
to sell out before the price falls (usu. shares); to sell at a profit
unprofitable business operation
president and chief executive officer
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
eat shit!; fuck off!; fuck you!
motion (i.e. proposal to a committee, etc.)
underling; newbie; small fry; newcomer
Ministry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
(deposit) passbook; bankbook
first and second; A and B; superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven
representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up
unpasteurized beer; draft beer; draught beer
to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets
turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
money-making; earning money
rationalization; rationalisation; rationalize; rationalise
round; tranquil; contentedly at ease
Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance