Boye Lafayette De Mente

Chairman of the board—Kaichō (kye-choe)
President—Shachō (shah-choe)
Vice president—Fuku-shachō (fuu-kuu-shah-choe)
Senior (executive) managing director—Senmu (sem-muu)
Executive managing director—Jōmu (joe-muu)
Department manager (general manager)—Būcho (buuchoe)
Deputy general manag

er of the department—Būcho dairi (buu-choe die-ree). When addressing a deputy manager, only use dairi.
Section manager—Kachō (kah-choe)
Deputy section manager—Kachō dairi (kah-choe die-ree)
Supervisor—Kakari-cho (kah-kah-ree-choe

drunk.” I turn this into a joke by saying that I suffer from mikka-yoi (meek-kah-yoh-ee), or “three-day drunk,” which usually gets me off the hook.

A deeply embedded trait of Japanese businesspeople that often surprises Westerners is a distrust of people who base all their comments and reactions on strictly logical thinking. In the Japanese mindset, rikutsu-poi (ree-kute-sue-poy) or “being overly logical” is negative rather than positive.