Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission
accounting fraud; irregular accounting
Daihatsu (Japanese automobile manufacturer)
golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)
aggravated breach of trust
maximum allowable single-day loss (stock exchange, etc.)
unmanned probe (vessel, spacecraft, etc.)
cost-cutting; cost reduction
enforcement of official discipline; tightening of discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials
collapse of bubble economy; economic bubble burst
biggest shareholder; largest stockholder
operating officer; company executive
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
restoration; return to health
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment
business plan; business schedule; project
disparate society; stratified society
Thanksgiving (US, Canada)
buying up of goods; cornering (market)
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin
first (of its kind) in Japan
emphatic sentence-ending particle
caged bird; person whose freedom has been restricted (esp. a prostitute, mistress, concubine, etc.)
giving something a try because it will not do any harm