Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Learn Japanese Jargon from the NTT Tech Review (November 2016)

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11月のニュースから二十日本語の言葉
Using primarily the NTT Technical Review and press releases from NEC and Hitachi, 20 Japanese Language terms residing in the domains of technology, telecommunications, and finance have been listed for study and incorporation into one jargon vocabulary.  The source materials were issued by the companies between 1 and 28 November 2016.


English
Japanese
Kanji
Kana
Romanji
Foundry

ファウンドリ
Faundori
IP Traffic

IPトラフィック
IP Torafikku
Moore's Law
ムーアの法則
ムーアのほうそく
Mūa no hōsoku
Photonics

フォトニクス
Fotonikusu
Power Consumption
費電力化
ひでんりょくか
Hi denryoku-ka
Transistor

トランジスタ
toranjisuta
Deuterium
重水素
じゅうすいそ
jūsuiso
Hydrogen
水素
すいそ
suiso
Plasma

プラズマ
purazuma
Propagation
Loss
伝搬損失
でんぱん
そんしつ
Denpan
sonshitsu
Refractive Index
屈折率
くっせつりつ
Kussetsu-ritsu
Silicon

シリコン
Shirikon
Substrate
基板
きばん
Kiban
(technical) Standard
標準
ひょうじゅん
Hyōjun
Optical connector
光コネクタ
ひかり コネクタ
Hikari konekuta
Communication Equipment
通信装
つうしん そう
Tsūshin Sō
Codec

コーデック
Kōdekku
Virtual Reality
仮想現実
かそうげんじつ
Kasō genjitsu
Beam
Forming

ビー
フォーミング
Bīmu
fōmingu
Open Platform

オープン
プラットフォーム
Ōpun
purattofōmu

First Kanji

The first Kanji in the above terms is . Per Jisho.org is a JLPT N3 character that means method, law, rule, principle, model, and system.
Kun: のり
Chinese Pronunciation:
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Word in Use

  • 高周波数での長距離ビームフォーミング低消費電力実現
  • Realize long-distance beam forming in the high frequency band with low power consumption

Notes

  • With this month’s technology-biased set of jargon. I’m adding an additional set of telecommunications terms gained from working on a voice mail project for 日本移動通信 in the mid-1980s.
English
Japanese
Kanji
Kana
Busy/Engaged
(phone line)
話し中 ・話中
はなしちゅう
Busy/Engaged
Signal
話中音
はなしなかおと
Announcement
告示
こくじ
Asynchronous
非同期の
ひどうきの
Asynchronous
Transmission
非同期の伝送
ひどうきのでんそう
Record
(data structure)
記録
きろく
Ringing Tone
呼出
よびだし
(Central Office)
Switch
交換機
こうかんき


Sources



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