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monetary tightening; credit squeeze; credit crunch

1

company needing reorganization (reorganisation)

5

Fusako

1

draft; rough copy

1

Corporate Rehabilitation Law

5

aggregate amount of indebtedness

1

Sentarou

1

administration of property; custodianship; receivership

1

aggravated breach of trust

2

senior proprietress (hostess) of a Japanese inn or restaurant

1

low interest rate

1

false accusation; slander; calumny

1

special steel

1

(former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI

2

clan

1

trustee; receiver; administrator

11

jointly sealed covenant; compact under joint signatures; petition

1

Shōji era (1199.4.27-1201.2.13)

1

draw; tie; quits; even; square

3

(company's) main financing bank; principal bank

2

to call out

1

steel manufacture

28

another bank; other bank; absence from home; going out

2

unprofitable business operation

2

president and chief executive officer

1

chief of the general affairs department (bureau); chief of the executive section

1

blast furnace

8

breach of trust; malfeasance; malpractice; misappropriation

1

withdrawal

1

general resemblance; being largely the same; uniting with a common goal; Daidō era (806.5.18-810.9.19)

8

unpadded kimono

5

group of companies; combine

1

merger; takeover

2

district court

3

getting nowhere; becoming uncontrollable; getting out of hand; remaining unsatisfied

1

our bank

7

to meet someone's requirements; to meet expectations; to go along with what somebody wants

1

nomination (of a person to a position); selection; election; assignment; appointment

1

twins; twin

7

occupying forces (esp. of the Allies in Japan after World War II)

1

kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation

1

empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)

1

instigation; incitement

1

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

2

Ministry of Finance (1869-2001); Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system)

1

affiliated company; affiliated business

2

board or officer's meeting

1

part-time work

3

Bank of Japan; BOJ; BoJ

2

accumulation (e.g. of emotions, grievances, etc.); buildup; suppression (e.g. of anger)

1