store; shop; establishment; restaurant
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
corporate acquisition (buyout)
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
saving; savings; accumulation; putting aside; reserving
magistrate; shogunate administrator
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2
(Japanese) system of lifetime employment
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
Japanese-style management
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
PS; postscript; appending; addition (esp. of data, information)
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
in fact; as a matter of fact; actually; in reality; to tell the truth
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
width; breadth; freedom (e.g. of thought); latitude; gap; difference (e.g. in price)
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
Japan Business Federation; Keidanren
association; society; organization; organisation
regular position; position with a prospect of promotion
university graduate; college graduate
low-ranking soldier; graduation; moving on (from); outgrowing (something); low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.)
Japan Business Federation; Keidanren
representative; exemplary; model
service industry; service sector
chief; main; principal; major
district; region; the country; countryside; civilian society
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
Japan Association of Corporate Executives
The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; JCCI
National Personnel Authority