Japanese Vocabulary for the Tech-inclined in court or the market (December 2018)

2018年12月のニュースから日本語の言葉

The December 2018 Japanese Tech, Telecom and Finance vocabulary list is heavily centered around legal and market terms drawn from the Bank of Japan, Docomo, and the Wall Street Journal.

English	Japanese
	Kanji	Kana
Banknote, bill	紙幣	しへい
Bid Ask Spread		ビッド・アスク・スプレッド
Court; Courthouse	裁判所	さいばんしょ
Cutting Edge/State of the Art	最先端	さいせんたん
Injunction Order	差し止め命令	さしとめ めいれい
Institutional Investor	機関投資家	きかんとうしか
Intellectual Property	知的財産	ちてきざいさん
Investment Trust Company	投資信託委託会社	とうししんたく いたく かいしゃ
Judgement	判断	はんだん
Lawsuit	訴訟	そしょう
Life Insurance Company	生命保険会社	せいめいほけんがいしゃ
Light Year	光年	こうねん
Long Term Interest Rates	長期金利	ちょうききんり
Market Capitalizations	時価総額	じかそうがく
Patent Infringement	特許侵害	とっきょしんがい
Probability Distribution	確率分布	かくりつぶんぷ
Recession	景気後退	けいきこうたい
Regulations (laws & ordinances)	法令	ほうれい
Virtual Currency	仮想通貨	かそうつうか

Notes

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Docomo welcomes you to the cutting edge (最先端) with the Google Pixel.

• There are several types of judgments

English	Japanese
	Kanji	Kana
Final Judgement	最終判断	さいしゅう　はんだん
Judicial decision	判決	はん　けつ
Precedent	判例	はん　れい

First Kanji

The first Kanji in the main vocabulary is 紙, a JLPT N4 character, that means paper.

On:  シ

Kun: かみ

Chinese Pronunciation: zhĭ

Word in Use

From: Wall Street Journal, アップルiOS更新、中国iPhone販売禁止回避狙う

/ Apple Pushes Out Software Update to Avoid China iPhone Ban, 20 December 2018

米アップルは今週、中国でのスマートフォン「iPhone（アイフォーン）」旧機種の販売禁止措置を回避しようと、基本ソフト（OS）の更新版をリリースした。知的財産を専門とする法律家からは、アップルがOS更新によって旧機種の販売を継続できるとの見解も聞かれる。
Apple Inc. sought this week to avoid a ban on the sale of older iPhones in China by releasing a software update that some intellectual property lawyers said could enable the company to keep selling those products in the world’s largest smartphone market.
	English	Japanese
		Kanji	Kana
	Update	更新	こうしん

Cultural Corner

From:  Tenryu-jI Guide.

歴史の寺 史跡・特別名勝 天龍寺ご案内 天龍寺。臨済宗天龍大本山。正しくは霊亀山天龍資聖禅寺で、京都市右京区嵯峨に位置する。一三三九年（暦応二）吉野で亡くなった後醍醐天皇の菩提を弔うために, 足利尊氏が夢窓国師を開山として創建した。
Temple History Historic Site ・Special Scenic Spot Tenryu-ji Guide Tenryu-ji is the primary temple of the Rinza sect of Buddhism. The temple, properly called the Temple of the Heavenly Dragon, is situated in Saga Prefecture, Kyoto City, Ukyo Ward. In 1339 (Ryakuō 2) Takashi Ashikaga in order to mourn the death of the Emperor Godaigo, who died in Yoshino, founded Musō Soseki’s temple.
	English	Japanese
		Kanji	Kana
	Head Temple of a Buddhist Sect	大本山	だいほんざん
	Found a temple	開山	かいさん
	to Mourn	弔う	とむらう

Telecom Terms

コーデック	コーディング及びデコーディング装置、通常マイクロ・チップで出来ておりアナログ入力れた符合出力、又はその逆に変換するもの。
Codec	A coding and decoding device, usually a microchip, that produces a digitally coded output from analog input signals, and vice versa.
	English	Japanese
		Kanji	Kana
	Analog		アナログ
	Input	入力	にゅうりょく
	Output	出力	しゅつりょく

Last Month’s Terminology

This Month’s Chinese Terminology

December 2017’s Terminology   

Sources

Docomo	http://bit.ly/JWordsWk219n2
Bank of Japan	http://bit.ly/JWordsWk219n3-8 http://bit.ly/JWordsWk219n9
WSJ	http://bit.ly/JWordsWk291n1 http://bit.ly/JWordsWk219n10 http://bit.ly/JWordsWk219n11-12 http://bit.ly/JWordsWk219n13-19
Investopedia.com, Jisho.org, Shirabe Jisho iOS App, Telecommunications Glossary, AT&T. 1987. ISBN 0-932764-13-4, p.31. YouTube Channels 万葉学舎, docomoOfficial

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Chinese for lawyers visiting telecom and sustainable energy concept stores (December 2018)

从二零一八年十二月的新闻学生词

December 2018’s Tech, Telecom, and Finance Chinese Terminology was extracted from use of Microsoft Taiwan, Huawei, CHT, the Wall Street Journal, and the Taipei Times.

English	Chinese
	汉字	Pinyin
Analog Phone	类比话机	Lèibǐ huàjī
Chief Legal Officer	首席法务长	Shǒuxí fǎwù zhǎng
Concept store	概念店	gàiniàn diàn
Debt default	债务违约	zhàiwù wéiyuē
Economic slowdown	经济趋缓	Jīngjì qū huǎn
Fax Machine	传真机	Chuánzhēn jī
First-Mover Advantage	先发优势	Xiān fā yōushì
Housing bubble	房市泡沫	fángshì pàomò
Hypothesis	假设	Jiǎshè
Intellectual property rights	智慧财产权	Zhìhuì cáichǎnquán
Local Telecommunications Provider	当地电信提供者	Dāngdì diànxìn tígōng zhě
Magnetic Field	磁场	Cíchǎng
Net Promoter Score	净推荐值	jìng tuījiàn zhí
Offshore wind farm	离岸风电场	lí àn fēng diànchǎng
Renewable Energy	再生能源	zàishēng néngyuán
Robotic Arm	机器手臂	jīqì shǒubì
Switch	交换机	Jiāohuànjī
Telco-grade security	电话机子安	diànhuà jī zǐ ān
Tectonic Activity	板块活动	bǎnkuài huódòng
Telenor	挪威电信	nuówēi diànxìn

Hanzi in the Main Vocabulary

磁 cí	场 chǎng	板 bǎn	块 kuài	活 huó	动 dòng	概 gài	念 niàn	店 diàn
机 jī	器 qì	手 shǒu	臂 bì	离 lí	岸 àn	风 fēng	电 diàn	话 huà
经 jīng	济 jì	趋 qū	缓 huǎn	债 zhài	务 wù	违 wéi	约 yuē	子 zǐ
传 chuán	真 zhēn	房 fáng	市 shì	泡 pào	沫 mò	交 jiāo	换 huàn	安 ān
再 zài	生 shēng	能 néng	源 yuán	首 shǒu	席 xí	法 fǎ	务 wù	长 cháng
假 jiǎ	设 shè	智 zhì	慧 huì	财 cái	产 chǎn	权 quán	类 lèi	比 bǐ
当 dāng	地 dì	信 xìn	提 tí	供 gòng	者 zhě		挪 nuó	威 wēi
净 jìng	推 tuī	荐 jiàn	值 zhí		先 xiān	发 fā	优 yōu	势 shì

Notes

Customers (客戶) can use Direct routing (直接路)  to telcom (電信) voice trunks (語音主幹)
Telephone lines(电话线路) connect to fax machines(传真机) and analog phones(类比话机) that connect via RJ-11 connections.
Telco-grade security (电话机子安) is part of CHT’s (中华电信) IoT smart (智慧) network (联网) platform(平台 ).

The Third Character

The third Hanzi character in the main vocabulary is 话(huà).

Word in Use

From: Taipei Times, Robotics revolutionizing the humble takeaway coffee/咖啡機器人 煮杯咖啡僅需三十秒, 4 December 2018

顧客在收銀台點購咖啡並完成結帳，就可獲得一張 QR Code 小白單，將小白單拿到咖啡助理前，掃描QR Code後，機器手臂就會開始煮咖啡，牛奶、咖啡豆、糖沒了，會主動音通知店員補充。
顾客在收银台点购咖啡并完成结帐，就可获得一张QR Code 小白单，将小白单拿到咖啡助理前，扫描QR Code后，机器手臂就会开始煮咖啡，牛奶、咖啡豆、糖没了，会主动音通知店员补充。
Customers place an order and pay at the checkout counter and are then given a receipt with a QR code, which they place in front of the robotic coffee assistant to be scanned. Then robotic arm then starts to brew the coffee. If it runs out of coffee beans, milk or sugar, it emits an audio notification for staff to replenish the missing ingredients.
English	Chinese
	汉字	Pinyin
Customer	顾客	Gùkè
Checkout Counter	收银台点	shōuyín tái diǎn
Scan	扫描	sǎomiáo

Culture Corner

From: The Visitor’s Brochure to Tenryū-ji Temple

天龍寺，臨濟宗天龍寺派大本山。全稱靈龜山天龍資聖禪寺。位於京都市右京區嵯峨境內。
天龙寺，临济宗天龙寺派大本山。全称灵龟山天龙资圣禅寺。位于京都市右京区嵯峨境内。
Tenryū-ji is the the head temple of the Tenryū-ji sect of Rinzai Zen Buddhism, it is formally called the Temple of the Heavenly Dragon. It stands in the Sagano district of Kyoto.
	English		Chinese
			Hanzi	拼音
	Head Temple of Buddhist Sect		大本山	dà běnshān
	Sect		派	pài

Last Month’s Terminology | Next Month's Terminology
This Month's Japanese Terminology

December 2017’s Terminology

Sources

CHT	http://bit.ly/CWordsWk218n20
Microsoft	http://bit.ly/CWordsWk218n12-16
Huawei	http://bit.ly/CWordsWk218n17-19
Taipei Times	http://bit.ly/CWrodsWk218n1-2 http://bit.ly/CWordsWk218n3-4 http://bit.ly/CWordsWk218n5-6 http://bit.ly/CWordsWk218n9-11
Wall Street Journal	http://bit.ly/CWordsWk218n8
Investopedia.com, pleco iOS app, YouTube Channels: Chinese Characters, CHT, Microsoft Taiwan Tech Hub

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