(principle of) self-sufficiency
(Japanese) system of lifetime employment
list of candidates; slate; list of nominees
sales company; distributor
to follow; to conform; to apply to
financial structure; financial constitution
unsophisticated; ruggedly honest; artless; unaffected; simple; naive
voluntary questioning (by the police); voluntary interview
misrepresentation; misstatement
transfer fee (e.g. in football)
employment agency; staffing agency; personnel placement agency
unlisted (company, stock)
expulsion room; banishment room; boredom room; rooms where employees who cannot be fired are sent to encourage resignation
Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission
personnel training; human resources development; character building
pre-owned (real estate) property; used property; existing home
intensive-care old people's home
show me a liar, and I will show you a thief
labor management; labour management
burning with ambition; highly ambitious
bribery scheme; acquisition maneuver
intellectual property; IP
communicativity; ability to convey one's opinion, message, etc.; power to make oneself understood
dismissal notice; pink slip (US)
current profits; ordinary profit; income before income taxes; ordinary income; operating income
needle holder; needle driver
to complain about one's hard lot
clinical research; clinical study
acute myocardial infarction; AMI
to plow through (a wave) (plough); to tack (against the wind)
House of Councillors election; upper house election
shoulder pain (at about age forty)