Japan's Cultural Code Words, 「つき合い」の項、英語タイトルは "Bonding with Your Associates " の説明文に出てきた単語、"pall" は知らない単語ではありませんが、私の知っている意味、「棺」や「覆い」とは関係がなさそうです。
In most companies, large or small, a sum of money is budgeted each month for tsukiai activities. In large companies the people authorized to spend most of this money are in marketing and sales jobs, but practically all managers have some kind of monthly tsukiai budget. Over the years I have palled around with Japanese friends who were authorized to spend thousands of dollars a month entertaining old clients and prospecting for new ones, and I benefited enormously from the custom.
辞書で "pall" の意味を確認します。
・Collins Dictionary: intr often foll by on to become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to) ⇒ history classes palled on me
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: to lose in interest or attraction: his humor began to pall on us
・Vocabulary.com: The noun pall comes from the Latin word, pallium, “covering or cloak.” This use of pall has come to mean "gloom" like your grandparents' not being there to celebrate with you that casts a pall over your graduation. The verb pall is used when someone or something becomes boring or less interesting over time, like your initial willingness to perform household that began to pall when you realize no one else wants to pitch in to keep things neat.
なるほど、関係がありましたね。
In most companies, large or small, a sum of money is budgeted each month for tsukiai activities. In large companies the people authorized to spend most of this money are in marketing and sales jobs, but practically all managers have some kind of monthly tsukiai budget. Over the years I have palled around with Japanese friends who were authorized to spend thousands of dollars a month entertaining old clients and prospecting for new ones, and I benefited enormously from the custom.
辞書で "pall" の意味を確認します。
・Collins Dictionary: intr often foll by on to become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to) ⇒ history classes palled on me
・Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary: to lose in interest or attraction: his humor began to pall on us
・Vocabulary.com: The noun pall comes from the Latin word, pallium, “covering or cloak.” This use of pall has come to mean "gloom" like your grandparents' not being there to celebrate with you that casts a pall over your graduation. The verb pall is used when someone or something becomes boring or less interesting over time, like your initial willingness to perform household that began to pall when you realize no one else wants to pitch in to keep things neat.
なるほど、関係がありましたね。
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