5 Japanese Words from this Week's News (5 January - 9 January 2015)

5 Japanese Words from this Week's News

今週のニュースから五つ日本語の言葉

5 Japanese words to build one's vocabulary culled from the week's news for 5 January 2015 to 9 January 2015. This week's terminology comes from the NTT's Docomo and Smart Connect subsidiaries, Softbank, and the Bank of Japan.

English	Japanese
	Kanji	Kana	Romanji
Interest Rate	利率	りりつ	Riritsu
Assets	資産	しさん	Shisan
Location-based Service	位置情報 サービス	いちじょうほう サービス	Ichi jōhō sābisu
Treasury Stock	自己 株式	じこ かぶしきじ	Jiko kabushikiji
Router		ルーター	Ruutaa

First Kanji

The first Kanji in the above terminology is 利, a JLPT N3 character that means profit, advantage, benefit.

On: リ	Kun: き.く
Chinese Pronunciation: lì

Word in Use

From: Bank of Japan, Financial System and Bank Examination Department, 5 January 2015

• 貯蓄預金の最低預入残高別平均年利率
• Average Interest Rates on Savings Deposits by Minimum Required Amount

Last Week's Vocabulary | Next Week's Vocabulary

This Week' Chinese Terminology

Sources

Bank of Japan	http://bit.ly/5JWordsWk12n1
	http://bit.ly/5JWordsWk12n2
NTT Smart Connect	http://bit.ly/5JWordsWk12n3
NTT docomo	http://bit.ly/5JWordsWk12n4
Softbank	http://bit.ly/5JWordsWk12n5
investopedia.com, Jisho.org, visualmandarin.com

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