geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl; dressed-up beautiful woman
tie-up negotiations; tie-up talks
oil industry; petroleum industry
unpolluted; non-polluting
liquefied natural gas; LNG
private company; private corporation
internationalization; internationalisation; i18n (in IT)
informal consent; private consent
troublesome; difficult (e.g. customer, guest, child); laborious (e.g. task, dinner)
talk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip
Japan Defense Agency (became Ministry of Defense in January 2007)
financials; on the funding (capital) side
shell heap; shell mound; kitchen midden
stable supply; reliable supply
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
edict; public announcement
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
development project (program, programme, plan)
to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up