10 Japanese Tech, Telecom, and Finance Terms (23 May - 3 June 2016)

2週間ニュースから五日本語の言葉

This fortnight’s ten words were extracted from press releases of the Bank of Japan, Fujitsu, 3 NTT subsidiaries - Communications, Data, and Docomo, and 2 Wall Street Journal Japan articles.

English	Japanese
	Kanji	Kana	Romanji
Pension, Annuity	年金	ねんきん	Nenkin
Lodging Industry	宿泊業	しゅくはく ぎょう	Shukuhaku gyō
Receiver	受信機	じゅしんき	Jushin-ki
Transmitter	送信機	そうしんき	Sōshin-ki
Customer Satisfaction	顧客満足度	こかくまんぞくど	Kokakumanzoku-do
Multi-Currency	多通貨	たつうか	Ta tsūka
Retailing / Retail Industry / Retail Business	小売業	こうりぎょう	ouri-gyō
Duration		デュレーション	Durēshon
Market Concentration	市場集中	ちばしゅうちゅう	chiba shūchū
Short-Term Liabilities	短期負債	たんきふさい	Tanki fusai

First Kanji

This fortnight’s first kanji is quite common and a JLPT N5 character, 年, means years.

On: ネン	Kun: とし
Chinese Pronunciation: nián

Word in Use

From the Wall Street Journal

現在、世界的に金利は並外れて低く、発行体が超長期債を起債する中、デュレーションは急速に伸びている.

Today, with global interest rates extraordinarily low, and borrowers issuing ultralong debt, duration is shooting up.

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Sources

Bank of Japan	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk83-84n1
Fujitsu	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk83-84n3-4
NTT Communications	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk83-84n5
NTT Data	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk83-84n6-7
NTT Docomo	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk83-84n2
Wall Street Journal Japan	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk83-84n8 http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk83-84n10
Investopedia.com, Jisho.org, visualmandarin.com

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