oxygen absorber; oxygen scavenger; small packet placed in packaged food to absorb oxygen and prevent oxidation
Ezoe Hiromasa (1936.6.12-)
Tanaka Kouichi (1959.8.3-)
Suzuki Saburousuke (1922.8-)
Toyota Industries Corporation
cafe providing Internet, manga browsing, etc.; combined cafe
removal of dissolute sons from the family register (Edo period)
power supply company; power distribution company
Tanaka Sen'ichi (1949.4.12-)
local governmental body that requires federal oversight to recover from its debts
Oono Taiichi (1912.2.29-1990.5.28)
Hanshin Electric Railway Co.
Asano Souichirō (1848.4.13-1930.11.9)
restaurant with long lines
Kobayashi Nobuhiko (1932.12-)
Matsushita Electric Industrial
rigid (stereotypical) thinking that adheres to preconceived notions
black-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada margaritifera)
theory of continental drift
neither fish nor fowl; hard to predict; up in the air; unclear
key success factor; key to success; KSF
Ikeda Kikunae (1864.10.8-1936.5.3)
Toyoda Kiichirō (1894.6.11-1952.3.27)
built-for-sale house; ready-made home
communication fees, charges
safe and secure; safe and worry-free
wringer (clothes); squeezer (fruit, etc.); press (grapes, etc.)
mutual use of company facilities (e.g. rail tracks for through service, airport facilities, code-sharing, etc.)
Kobayashi Ichizou (1873.1.3-1957.1.25)