Japanese Office Words and Vocabulary

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.

	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.

Meanwhile if you are looking for additional vocabulary related to office and also some example sentences on how those office words are used, make sure you check out this page with words used at the office.

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