(company's) main financing bank; principal bank
reaching a decision by using a circular letter; reaching a decision via a document circulated to all employees
at all costs; whatever the price; would give anything
fashion designer; couturier
Paris Fashion Week; major fashion show, held twice yearly in Paris
runway (fashion); catwalk; runway (aircraft)
worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace
rapids; shallows of a river
personnel change; personnel shift; reshuffle; (annual) staff reassignment
no matter what happens; in any circumstances; at any price
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
division (of company); operations department
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
ochazuke; rice with tea poured on it
last chapter (book, etc.)
to win over; to win (someone's) heart and mind
being good-for-nothing; useless person
make-up; making food (in a delivery-only restaurant); cooking
to make the impossible possible; to accomplish the impossible
believable; credible; trustworthy
listing (on the stock exchange, etc.); taking a company public; presentation (e.g. of a play, opera); performance
political and business circles; political and business establishment; politics and industry
to knock down; to beat up (till unable to stand)
to be disgusted; to be repulsed; to get the creeps
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
vice-chief; vice-director; assistant director; deputy manager
information; making a report (to a superior)
starting up (e.g. business, computer)