10 Japanese Terms in Tech, Telecoms, and Finance (10 - 21 August 2015)

2週間ニュースから10日本語の言葉

Two Japanese corporations - NEC and Fujitsu - and one Japanese institution - the Bank of Japan - provided the source information (press releases issued between 10 August and 21 August 2015) to extract 10 jargon terms in the domains of technology, telecommunications, and finance.

English	Japanese
	Kanji	Kana	Romanji
Unauthorized access	不正 アクセス	ふせい　 アクセスアップ	Fusei akusesu
Liquidity	流動性	りゅうどう せい	Ryūdō-sei
Bid Ask Spread		ビッド・ アスク・ スプレッド	Biddo Asuku Supureddo
Turnover	取引 高	とりひき　 こう	Torihiki-kō
Telecom Operator	通信 事業者	つうしん　 じぎょうしゃ	Tsūshin Jigyō-sha
Blade		ブレード	Bureedō
Product Features	製品 特長	せいひん　 とくちょう	Seihin Tokuchō
Rack Unit		ラックユニット	rakkuyunitto
Machine Learning	機械 学習	きかい　 がくしゅう	Kikai Gakushū
Artificial Intelligence	人工 知能	じんこう　 ちのう	Jinkō chinō

First Kanji

The first Kanji in the main terminology is 不, a JLPT N4 character. Per jisho.org 不 means negative, non-, bad, ugly, and clumsy.

On: フ、 ブ	Kun: None
Chinese Pronunciation: bù

Occupational Japanese

This blog entry's Occupational Japanese section was lifted from the U.S. War Department’s February 1944 Japanese Phrase book. The below terms comes from the section on Organization and Speciality(p. 28 - 30).

English	Japanese
	Kanji	Kana
Outfit	部隊	ぶたい
Company	中隊	ちゅうたい
Battalion	大隊	だいたい
Regiment	聯隊	れんたい
Brigade	旅団	りょだん
Division	師団	しだん
Corps	軍団	ぐんだん

The War Department notes that ‘[t]he word for ‘company’ is used in the cavalry, artillery, and air corps as well as in the infantry. The same is true of the words given for ‘battalion,’ ‘regiment,’ and ‘brigade.’”

Telecom Terms
Analog transmission In communications, an electrical transmission that carries information by continuously varying the electrical frequency wave to match the sound frequencies(voice, etc.) and the volume of the input signal.

アナログ放送　通信に於いて、音波（声等）及び入力信号の及び入力信号の量に合わせて電磁波を連続的に変化させることによりデータを送る電気電達信号。

日本語	かな	英語
音波	おんぱ	Sound wave
入力信号	にゅうりょくしんご	Input signal
電磁波	でんじぱ	Electromagnetic waves
電気電達信号	でんきでんたちしんご	Electrically charged signal

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Sources

Fujitsu	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk43-44n1 http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk43-44n6-8 http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk43-44n6-8eng
Bank of Japan	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk43-44n2-4 http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk43-44n2-4eng
NEC	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk43-44n5 http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk43-44n9-10
Jisho.org, Investopedia.com, visualmandarin.com, Japanese Phrase Book. TM- 30-611. U.S. War Department. Washington. February 28, 1944. Telecommunications Glossary, AT&T, 1987. ISBN 0-932764-13-4

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