geisha; Japanese singing and dancing girl; dressed-up beautiful woman
tie-up negotiations; tie-up talks
oil industry; petroleum industry
private company; private corporation
internationalization; internationalisation; i18n (in IT)
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
stable supply; reliable supply
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
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
to convey (a message, e.g. to one's superior); to communicate; to pass on; to pass along
large enterprise; big business; large undertaking
ex post facto report; report after the event
to use all one's strength (ability)
allotment; assignment; allocation; allocation
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
halving; splitting evenly; sharing equally