corporation

to assume a role

association

A legal person. Corporations formed for business purposes are usually referred to specifically as 会社 (かいしゃ, kaisha) or "companies." 法人 refers to all entities with legal personality.

director / board of directors

(chiefly women's speech) first person singular pronoun: I, me

father / (by extension, figuratively) a father figure (male initiator or founder of something) / (Christianity) God, the Holy Father

(archaic) one's own father

(childish) one's own father: daddy / (by later extension) a husband, master of the house

(informal, possibly dialect) one's own father / (by later extension) the head or master of an establishment such as a teahouse, boathouse, etc.