In 1937 he decided to start his own company, mainly focusing on making piston rings.

1937 年，他决定创办自己的公司，主要专造活塞环。

However, an earthquake in Japan in 2007 put one of its piston-ring suppliers out of commission.

然而，2007 年日本发生的地震导致其一家活塞环供应商停产。

I'm gonna say his car either burned a hole through a piston or a broke a piston ring, because all of a sudden everything starts going haywire.

我要他的车要么在活塞上烧了一个洞，要么弄坏了活塞环，因为突然一切开始失控。

Once he did this he understood the purpose of quality control and by 1941 Honda was able to mass produce piston rings acceptable to Toyota.

一旦他这样做了，他就明白了质量控的目的，到 1941 年，本田已经能够批量生产丰田可以接受的活塞环。

As the Wall Street Journal reported: For want of a piston ring costing $1.50, nearly 70% of Japan's auto production has been temporarily paralyzed this week.

据《华尔街日报》报道：由缺少一个价值1.5美元的活塞环，本周日本近70%的汽车生产暂时陷入瘫痪。