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 lifted from the week's news for 26 January 2015 to 30 January 2015. This week's terminology comes from NTT Communications, NEC, KDDI, and Softbank.

English	Japanese
English	Kanji	Kana	Romanji
Cost Reduction	低コスト化	ていコストか	Tei kosuto ka
Filtering		フィルタリング	Firutaringu
Individual Investor	個人投資家	こじんとうしか	Kojin tōshi ka
High Availability	高可用性	こうかようせい	Kō Kayōsei
Net Income	当期純利益	とうきじゅんりえき	Tōkijunrieki

First Kanji

The first Kanji in this week’s posting is 低, which per jisho.org takes on meanings of low, lower, short, and humble.

Kun: ひく.い、ひく.める、ひく.まる On:テイ

Chinese Pronunciation: dī

Notes

Let's decompose the term Cost Reduction (低コスト化). The last character of the term, 化 (ka / か), means change or change into. Removing the character from the term leaves 低コスト which means low cost.

The character 低 (tei / てい) means low. Removing the character from the remaining term leaves コスト which means cost.

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