(hot) stove league; trading of players in the off-season
owner-operator company; corporation in which the business manager is also the major stockholder
customization; customisation
Americanization; Americanisation
competitors' products; others on the market
emphasizing one's good qualities; presenting oneself in a favorable light; self-production (of an album, film, etc.)
animation studio; animation production company
re-covering; repapering; reupholstering
narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped
Sanada Nobushige (1567-1615.6.3)
inside and outside the company
unaccounted-for expenditures
archive photo; file photo
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama
glugging; drinking deeply; nodding deeply
SMS; short message service
mixture of wheat and chaff; mixture of the good and bad; jumble of wheat and tares
overcast sky in the rainy season
administrative; managerial; operational
graphic artist; CGI artist; video game artist
work schedule; progress schedule; process chart
video game hardware; video game console
to be betrayed by a trusted follower
to go to the office; to be at work
visual novel; interactive fiction video game featuring a text-based story and mostly static graphics
range of one's work; one's area of responsibility; range of one's duties; place of one's work
hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
background music; (movie or commercial) soundtrack; featured songs
university of arts; arts college
to flatly refuse; to reject; to spurn
film world; world of cinema