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Japanese Vocabulary

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計算 keh-san
calculation
noun
間違って mah-chee-gaht-teh
mistakenly/incorrectly
verb
分かった wah-kaht-tah
realized/found out
verb
振り出し foo-ree-dah-shee
starting point (of a game, figuratively for project start)
noun
戻ります moh-doh-ree-mas
we return/are going back
verb
kah-reh
he, him
pronoun
誇張する koh-choh-soo-roo
to exaggerate
verb
割り引く wah-ree-bee-koo
to discount, to make an allowance for, to deduct
verb
細かい koh-mah-kah-ee
minor/detailed/fine
adjective
大局 tai-kyoh-koo
big picture/general situation/overall trend
noun
要点 yoh-ten
key point/gist/bottom line
noun
集中する shoo-choo soo-roo
to focus/to concentrate
verb
hee-toh
person, people
noun
応募する oh-boh soo-roo
to apply (for a job/position)
verb
昇進 shoh-sheen
promotion
noun
会社 kai-shah
company, corporation
noun
予想外 yoh-soh-gai
unexpected, unforeseen
noun / na-adjective
財政難 zai-sei-nan
financial difficulties, fiscal crisis
noun
理由 ree-yoo
reason, pretext, grounds
noun
従業員 joo-gyoh-een
employee, workforce
noun
三分の一 sahn-boon-no-ee-chee
one-third (1/3)
noun (fraction)
削減する sah-koo-gen soo-roo
to cut, to reduce, to curtail
verb (suru-verb)
決定した ket-tay shee-tah
decided, determined
verb (suru-verb)
大差ない tah-ee-sah nah-ee
little difference
i-adjective phrase
状況 joh-kyoh
situation
noun
オプション oh-poo-shon
option
noun
費用 hee-yoh
cost, expense
noun
全く maht-tah-koo
exactly, completely
adverb
同じ oh-nah-jee
same
adjective
hah-nah-shee
talk; story; discussion
noun
ようでしたら yoh deh-shee-tah rah
if it is the case that; if it seems like
phrase
午前中 go-zen-CHOO
in the morning; throughout the morning
noun
手短 teh-MEE-jee-kah
brief; concise; quick
na-adjective/adverb
巻き戻す MAH-kee MOH-doh-soo
to turn back/wind back
verb
若い WAH-kah-ee
young
adjective
つまらない TSOO-mah-rah-nah-ee
trivial; boring; worthless
adjective
そんなに SOHN-nah nee
so much; to that extent
adverb
悩む NAH-yah-moo
to worry; to fret; to be troubled
verb
あげる AH-geh-roo
to give (the action of telling for someone else's benefit)
verb
取締役会 toh-ri-shee-mah-ri-yah-koo-kai
board of directors
noun
最終報告書 sai-shoo hoh-koh-koo-sho
final report
noun
提出する tay-ee-shoot-soo soo-roo
to submit, to present
verb
業務 gyoh-moo
operation, work, business
noun
直ちに tah-dah-chee nee
immediately, at once
adverb
半減する hahn-gehn soo-roo
to halve, to reduce by fifty percent
verb
提案する teh-ahn soo-roo
to suggest, to propose
verb
teh-kee
target
noun
射ていた ee-tay-ee-tah
was hitting (the target)
verb
六桁 roh-koo-keh-tah
six-figure
noun/number
あんなに ahn-nah-nee
that much; so
adverb

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