5 Japanese Technology and Finance Terms (14-18 March 2016)

1週間ニュースから五日本語の言葉
This week’s five technology and finance terms came from two sources. The three technology terms come from a Softbank press release. The two finance terms - both involving stock market ratios - were used in a 14 March 2016 Wall Street Journal article.

English	Japanese
	Kanji	Kana	Romanji
Telework		テレワーク	Terewāku
Customer Support		カスタマー サポート	Kasutamā sapōto
Help Desk		ヘルプデスク	Herupu desuku
Price-to-Book Value Ratio	株価純 資産 倍率	かぶか じゅんしさん ばいりつ	Kabuka junshisan bairitsu
Price-to-Earning Ratio	株価 収益率	かぶか しゅうえきりつ	kabuka shūeki-ritsu

First Kanji

The first Kanji in the terminology above is 株, a JLPT N1 level character. 株 means stocks, stump, shares, stock, and is used as a counter for small plants.

Kun: かぶ	On: シュ
Chinese Pronunciation: zhū

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Sources

Softbank	http://bit.ly/5JWordsWk74n1-3
Wall Street Journal	http://bit.ly/5JWordsWk74n4-5
Jisho.org, visualmandarin.com

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