Nihongo Nihongo
Japanese Business Vocabulary
Essential Business Japanese: Learn the Most Useful Phrases
Learning Business Japanese as a Beginner.
| No. | Kanji | Hiragana/ Katakana | Meaning |
| 1 | 賃金 | ちんぎん | wages |
| 2 | 年金 | ねんきん | pension |
| 3 | 投資 | とうし | investment |
| 4 | 企業 | きぎょう | company |
| 5 | 大企業 | だいきぎょう | large sized company or enterprise |
| 6 | 中小企業 | ちゅうしょうきぎょう | small or medium-sized company |
| 7 | 物価 | ぶっか | (commodity) prices |
| 8 | 株価 | かぶか | stock price |
| 9 | 価格 | かかく | price |
| 10 | 上昇 | じょうしょう | increase |
| 11 | 低下 | ていか | fall, drop (of a price, etc.) |
| 12 | 下落 | げらく | fall, drop (of a price, etc.) |
| 13 | 暴落 | ぼうらく | sudden drop (of a price, etc.) |
| 14 | 石油 | せきゆ | oil |
| 15 | 原油 | げんゆ | crude oil |
| 16 | 市場 | しじょう | market |
| 17 | 輸出 | ゆしゅつ | export |
| 18 | 輸入 | ゆにゅう | import |
| 19 | 交渉 | こうしょう | negotiation |
| 20 | 懸念 | けねん | worry, concern |
| 21 | 需要 | じゅよう | demand |
| 22 | 供給 | きょうきゅう | supply |
| 23 | 農業 | のうぎょう | farm |
| 24 | 農家 | のうか | farmer |
| 25 | 国家 | こっか | nation or country |
| 26 | 関税 | かんぜい | customs duty, tariff |
| 27 | 税金 | ぜいきん | tax |
| 28 | 自治体 | じちたい | self-governing organization or government |
| 29 | 地方 | ちほう | region |
| 30 | 見込み | みこみ | hope, promise (as in a strategy with promise) |
| 31 | 作戦 | さくせん | strategy |
| 32 | 選挙 | せんきょ | election |
| 33 | 政治家 | せいじか | politician |
| 34 | 政府 | せいふ | government |
| 35 | 経済 | けいざい | economy |
| 36 | 財政 | ざいせい | finance |
| 37 | インフレ | inflation (as in overall increase in prices in a country) | |
| 38 | デフレ | deflation (reverse of inflation) | |
| 39 | 円高 | えんだか | Strong yen (when the yen is higher than other currencies such as the dollar) |
| 40 | 円安 | えんやす | Weak yen |
| 41 | 所得 | しょとく | income |
| 42 | 富裕層 | ふゆうそう | the wealthy, or group of people with high net worth |
| 43 | 国内 | こくない | internal to the country in question |
| 44 | 海外 | かいがい | external to the country in question (overseas) |
| 45 | 工場 | こうじょう | factory |
| 46 | 生産 | せいさん | production |
| 47 | 付加価値 | ふかかち | added or unique value |
| 48 | 機構 | きこう | system or organization |
| 49 | 高齢化社会 | こうれいかしゃかい | “aging society”, where a low birthrate causes an imbalance between younger and older people. |
| 50 | 情報 | じょうほう | information |
| 51 | 不況 | ふきょう | (economic) depression |
| 52 | 指標 | しよう | (economic) indicator |
| 53 | 平均 | へいきん | average |
| 54 | 土地 | とち | plot of land; soil; land (which has or can have a building) |
| 55 | 国債 | こくさい | government bond |
| 56 | 権限 | けんげん | authority, power |
| 57 | 投資信託 | とうししんたく | mutual fund |
| 58 | 株 | かぶ | stock |
| 59 | 銀行 | ぎんこう | bank |
| 60 | 倒産 | とうさん | bankrupt |
| 61 | 赤字 | あかじ | (budget) deficit, “in the red” |
| 62 | 黒字 | くろじ | (budget) surplus |
| 63 | 創業 | そうぎょう | establishment of a business |
| 64 | 組織 | そしき | organization |
| 65 | 陰謀 | いんぼう | conspiracy |
| 66 | 産業 | さんぎょう | an industry |
| 67 | 生産性 | せいさんせい | productivity |
| 68 | 資産 | しさん | assets, property, (ones) fortune |
| 69 | 負債 | ふさい | debt, liabilities |
| 70 | 予算 | よさん | budget |
| 71 | 支援 | しえん | aid, support |
| 72 | 追い風 | おいかぜ | favorable wind (used to refer to an economic or business advantage) |
| 73 | 傾向 | けいこう | tendency |
| 74 | 消費 | しょうひ | consumption |
| 75 | 消費者 | しょうひしゃ | consumer |
| 76 | 年齢 | ねんれい | age |
| 77 | 安定 | あんてい | stability |
| 78 | プラスになる | to be an advantage or merit | |
| 79 | 国民 | こくみん | a nation or people of a nation |
| 80 | 途上国 | とじょうこく | developing nation |
| 81 | 貧困の差 | ひんこんのさ | gap between the rich and the poor |
| 82 | 再生可能 | さいせいかのう | renewable |
| 83 | 議論 | ぎろん | debate |
| 84 | 情勢 | じょうせい | situation |
| 85 | 状況 | じょうきょう | situation |
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