tender offer; take-over bid; TOB
Hodo Station (news program on Asahi television)
the samurai glories in honourable poverty; keep a stiff upper lip!
secret bank account; secret account
complete revocation; total retraction
government-affiliated; state-dominated; government-run
operating officer; company executive
top news; front-page news; lead story
munitions industry; war industry
electrical manufacturer; company manufacturing electric devices; electric-appliance maker
motion (i.e. proposal to a committee, etc.)
good offices; auspices; sponsorship; village official (during the Edo period)
large industrial company; major corporation; big business
major stockholder; large shareholder
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment
decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do
failure; rejection; rupture
to exclude (somebody); to ignore; to keep in the dark; to leave out of the loop
Japanese company (business, firm)
promotion of industry; inauguration of a new industrial enterprise
to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up
cerebral infarction; (ischemic) stroke
to demand gratitude; to make a favour of something; to remind of a favour done to someone; to emphasize the favour one has done
role of a villain (film, drama, etc.); bad-guy role; social outcast role