10 Japanese Tech Telecoms and Finance Terms (4 - 15 July 2016)

2週間ニュースから五日本語の言葉

For the fortnight beginning on 4 July 2016 a set of 10 Japanese language technology, telecom, and finance terms were selected from communications from KDDI, Softbank, NEC, and the Wall Street Journal Japan for study and to inclusion in one’s domain specific vocabulary.

English	Japanese
	Kanji	Kana	Romanji
Pedometer	歩数計	ほすうけい	Hosū-kei
Exercise Price	行使価額	こうしかがく	Kōshi kagaku
Closing Price	終値	おわりね	Owarine
Capital	資本金	しほんきん	Shihonkin
Capital Reserve	資本 準備金	しほん じゅんびきん	Shihon junbikin
Load Balancer		ロードバランサー	Rōdobaransā
Pay-as-you-go	従量料金	じゅうりょう りょうきん	Jūryō ryōkin
Antitrust Law	独占 禁止法	どくせん きんしほう	Dokusen kinshi-hō
Shareholder	株主	かぶぬし	kabunushi
Contingent Convertible Bonds	偶発転換 社債	ぐうはつてんかん しゃさい	Gūhatsu tenkan shasai

First Kanji

The first Kanji in the above list is 歩, a JLPT N4 character. Per jisho.org 歩 means walk and is a counter for the number of steps.

On: ホ、 ブ、 フ	Kun:ある.く、 あゆ.む
Chinese Pronunciation: bù

Word in Use

From: KDDI

『選べて、イイコト』さらに使いやすく進化! 歩数計や黒電話音の着信音など、細部まで機能を大幅に拡充した「AQUOS K」を7月6日より発売開始!. Press release. 6 July 2016.

• 歩数計や黒電話音の着信音など、細部まで機能を大幅に拡充した「AQUOS K」を7月6日より発売開始!
• Launched on July 6th the Aquos K’s capabilities are significantly expanded with capabilities such as a pedometer and a black telephone ringtone.

You can listen to the black telephone sound on NHK’s creative library, which I think is the sound of a classic black desktop rotary phone.

Notes

• The Aquos K is a Android-based flip-phone that is marketed towards those less inclined to adopt smartphones -- senior citizens (年寄り). This explains why basic smartphone features such as a pedometer and a vintage ringtone are touted in marketing materials.

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This Fortnight’s Chinese Terminology

Sources

IDC Frontier (a Softbank company)	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk90-91n6-7
KDDI	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk90-91n1
NEC	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk90-91n8-9
Softbank	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk90-91n2-5
Wall Street Journal	http://on.wsj.com/29FEviB
Jisho.org, visualmandarin.com, investopedia.com

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