This section covers the words and vocabulary related to Japanese office.
Do you know what are the different positions in a Japanese company? Japan is a country where people are very particular about status in the company.
Whenever I watch a Japanese drama, I always like to see how each person is being addressed and what role he/she is playing in a typical Japanese company.
Unless the person holds a high post and has one's own room, the normal setup of an Japanese office is usually an open concept with no partitions, regardless of the positions.
There is not much privacy as seen in other countries where personal cubicle is a norm.
Well, besides various positions, the specific terms used in an Japanese office are interesting too.
Let's begin the word list in the following.
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Kanji | Hiragana or Katakana |
Romaji | Meaning | |
1. | 会社 | かいしゃ | kaisha | Office / Company / Corporation / Firm |
2. | 会社員 | かいしゃいん | kaisha in | Office Worker |
3. | 株式会社 | かぶしきがいしゃ | kabu shiki gaisha | Public Company / Joint-stock Corporation |
4. | 有限会社 | ゆうげんがいしゃ | yuugen gaisha | Limited Company |
5. | 企業 | きぎょう | kigyou | Enterprise / Company |
6. | 大手企業 | おおてきぎょう | oote kigyou | Big Enterprise / Well-established Company |
7. | 中小企業 | ちゅうしょうきぎょう | chuushou kigyou | Small to Medium Enterprise |
8. | 営業部 | えいぎょうぶ | eigyou bu | Sales Department |
9. | 開発部 | かいはつぶ | kaihatsu bu | Development Department |
10. | 人事部 | じんじぶ | jinji bu | Human Resources Department |
11. | 総務部 | そうむぶ | soumu bu | General Affairs Department |
12. | 事務所 | じむしょ | jimu sho | Office |
13. | 事務員 | じむいん | jimu in | Office Clerk |
14. | 従業員 | じゅうぎょういん | juugyou in | Employee / Worker |
15. | 社長 | しゃちょう | sha chou | Company President |
16. | 副社長 | ふくしゃちょう | fuku sha shou | Vice President |
17. | 部長 | ぶちょう | bu chou | Department Manager |
18. | 課長 | かちょう | ka chou | Section Manager |
19. | 係長 | かかりちょう | kakari chou | Group Leader / Unit Head |
20. | 専務 | せんむ | senmu | Executive Director |
21. | 総支配人 | そうしはいにん | Sou shihai nin | General Manager |
22. | 取締役 | とりしまりやく | tori shimari yaku | Company Director / Board Member |
23. | 上司 | じょうし | joushi | Superior / Boss |
24. | 部下 | ぶか | buka | Subordinate |
25. | 派遣会社 | はけんがいしゃ | haken gaisha | Temporary Worker Agency |
26. | 派遣社員 | はけんしゃいん | haken shain | Temporary Worker |
27. | 同僚 | どうりょう | dou ryou | Colleague / Coworker |
28. | 判子 | はんこ | hanko | Personal Seal |
29. | 印鑑 | いんかん | inkan | Personal Seal |
30. | 企画書 | きかくしょ | kikaku sho | Project Proposal |
31. | 新製品 | しんせいひん | shin seihin | New Product |
32. | 書類 | しょるい | shorui | Document |
33. | 受付 | うけつけ | uke tsuke | Reception Area / Information Area |
34. | 面接 | めんせつ | mensetsu | Interview |
35. | 通勤ラッシュ | つうきんラッシュ | tsukin rasshu | Commuter Rush |
36. | 残業 | ざんぎょう | zan gyou | Overtime Work |
37. | 出張 | しゅっちょう | shucchou | Business Trip |
38. | 有給休暇 | ゆうきゅうきゅうか | yuukyuu kyuuka | Paid Leave |
39. | 給料 | きゅうりょう | kyuuryou | Salary / Wage / Pay |
40. | ボーナス | bo-nasu | Bonus | |
41. | 年金 | ねんきん | nenkin | Annuity / Pension |
42. | 保険 | ほけん | hoken | Insurance |
43. | 名刺 | めいし | meishi | Business Card / Name Card |
44. | 欠勤 | けっきん | kekkin | Absence from Work |
45. | 欠勤届 | けっきんとどけ | kekkin todoke | Report of Absence / Notice of Absence |
46. | 辞表 | じひょう | jihyou | Letter of Resignation |
47. | お客さん | おきゃくさん | okyaku san | Guest / Customer / Visitor |
48. | 御中 | おんちゅう | onchuu | Messrs (Addressing the other company at the beginning of letter) |
49. | 敬具 | けいぐ | keigu | Sincerely Yours (Used at the end of letter) |
50. | 会議 | かいぎ | kaigi | Meeting |
51. | 会議室 | かいぎしつ | kaigi shitsu | Meeting Room |
52. | コンピューター | konpyu-ta- | Computer | |
53. | パソコン | pasokon | Personal Computer | |
54. | プリンター | purinta- | Printer | |
55. | コピー機 | コピーき | kopi-ki | Photocopier |
56. | ファクス | fakusu | Fax Machine / Facsimile | |
57. | 電話 | でんわ | denwa | Telephone |
The above is the word list related to Japanese office. I hope that you find them useful. I will add to the list after I have collected more words related to Japanese office.
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