articles of incorporation; company statute
roundabout road; curving road
current; hip; trendy; fashionable; stylish
international politics; world politics
biggest shareholder; largest stockholder
absolute beginner; complete amateur
physical culture; bodybuilding (body development, not necessarily weightlifting)
motion (i.e. proposal to a committee, etc.)
unremitting effort; dogged perseverance; unswerving loyalty
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
general meeting of stockholders
board of directors; board of directors' meeting
person from the Kansai region
resolution; decision; vote
representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world
legislative bill; measure; agenda item
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
hey!; over here!; OK; gotcha; yep
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
rejection; negation; voting down
Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides); melody; section of a pop song
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
this place; where one comes from; here
falling (down); tumbling (down); failure; failing; renouncing Christianity and converting to Buddhism (during the Edo period); apostasy
easy; smooth; without a hitch; quick
one child; only child; one of several children (esp. the son and heir); one stone (in the game of go)
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
starting up (e.g. business, computer)
going up and down; ascent and descent; climb and descent
scriptwriter; playwright; scenario writer
Liao (dynasty, 916-1125 CE); Khitan Empire