Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission
Daihatsu (Japanese automobile manufacturer)
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
evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; (lit.) a skink lizard's shedding of its tail
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand
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
frontier (esp. the American frontier); frontier (of a field); forefront (of science, technology)
disparity of wealth; wealth inequality; social inequality
quick-wittedness; having tact; being sensible
omitted character; omitted letter
preventive measure; recurrence prevention; relapse prevention
penalty for contract breach
aggressiveness; competitive spirit; fighting spirit
to conceal (oneself); to hide; to abscond; to deceive; to dissemble; to fool
to be frank; to drop all pretense
fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax