Translation guide
A take-over bid is an offer to buy a controlling stake in a company. In Japanese business contexts, this is expressed with specific financial terms, often borrowed from English.
To refer to a public offer to purchase shares of a company to gain control.
The standard abbreviation for 'take-over bid', widely used in Japanese financial news and business. Pronounced as individual letters.
That company launched a take-over bid.
The formal Japanese term for a take-over bid, literally 'public share purchase'. Used in legal and official documents.
A take-over bid was announced.
A shorter version of the formal term, still common in business contexts.
The take-over bid period is 20 days.
To specify a take-over bid that is opposed by the target company's management.
The most common way to say 'hostile take-over bid', combining the English abbreviation with the Japanese word for 'hostile'.
A hostile take-over bid was launched.
TOB is so common that even in formal writing it is often used instead of the full Japanese term. It is understood by anyone following business news.
Literally 'hostile acquisition', often used interchangeably with hostile take-over bid, though it can refer to the broader process.
The company became the target of a hostile take-over bid.