Learn Japanese with the BoJ and the WSJ (11-23 September 2016)

2週間ニュースから五日本語の言葉

Japanese language terms from business, tech, finance, and banking were extracted from news coming from the Bank of Japan, Softbank, and the Wall Street Journal to add to the list of jargon for study and incorporation into one’s vocabulary. All terms were found in press releases, articles, and BoJ meeting minutes that occurred between 11 and 23 September 2016.

English	Japanese
	Kanji	Kana	Romanji
Basel III		バーゼルIII	Bāzeru III
Collateral	担保	たんぽ	Tanpo
Drone		ドローン	Dorōn
Economic Indicator	経済 指標	けいざい しひょう	Keizai shihyō
GDP	国内総 生産	こくない そうせいさん	Kokunaisō seisan
Human resource development	人材 育成	じんざい いくせい	jinzai ikusei
Nikkei Stock Average	日経 平均 株価	にっけい へいきん かぶか	Nikkei Heikin kabuka
Overnight Call Rate	コールレート (オーバーナイト物)	コールレート (オーバーナイトもの）	Kōrurēto (ōbānaito mono)
Systemic Risk		システミック・リスク	Shisutemikku risuku
To Wind down (an investment position) to cut back	減らす	へ・らす	Herasu

First Kanji

The first Kanji in the above vocabulary is 担, which per jisho.org means shouldering, carry, raise, and  bear.

On: タン	Kun: かつ.ぐ、 にな.う
Chinese Pronunciation: dān

Word in Use

From: Wall Street Journal, 20 September 2016

• 研究論文はこのモデルについて、「名目国内総生産を目標とする政策の一種」とみることができるとしている。
• According to a research paper this model can be regarded as a type of nominal GDP targeting policy.

Last Fortnight's Terminology
This Fortnight's Chinese Terminology

Sources

Bank of Japan	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk100n5-7 http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk100n5-7eng http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk100n8 http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk100n9 http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk100n10
Softbank	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk100n1-2
Wall Street Journal	http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk100n3 http://bit.ly/10JWordsWk100n4
Investopedia.com, jisho.org, visualmandarin.com

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