Remote Work [3 min JAPANESE #4 – Easy Learning]

As you all already know, more and more companies have started remote work last few months.
I’m surprised that some of them are planning to do that forever.

I think remote work is great way as long as we communicate well each other.
How about you? Are you working from home?
I do work from home now, so I really feel exercise is very very important these days.

By the way, today’s 3 min JAPANESE is about this remote work.

Let’s learn 3 Japanese words for “remote work” today.

remote work:

リモートワーク (りもーとわーく / rimo-to wa-ku)
テレワーク (てれわーく / tere wa-ku)
在宅勤務 (ざいたくきんむ / zaitaku kinmu)

リモートワーク (りもーとわーく / rimo-to wa-ku)
One of the English word for working from home is “remote work” right?
It can be Japanese as it is.
リモート (rimo-to)　→　remote
ワーク (wa-ku)　→　work
It’s written in Katakana, and the pronunciation is a little different from English.
テレワーク (てれわーく / tere wa-ku)
This is also written in Katakana.
I’m not sure if this word is used in English speaking countries, but it’s very common word in Japan.
テレ (tere)　→　tele　→　remote
ワーク (wa-ku)　→　work
This テレワーク is seen in the Japanese media most frequently.
I’ve heard that テレワーク has longer history than リモートワーク in Japanese society, so I think that’s why テレワーク is more common in Japan.
在宅勤務 (ざいたくきんむ / zaitaku kinmu)
It’s written in kanji characters.
Let’s look at each one of them.
在宅 (ざいたく/ zaitaku)　→　staying home
勤務 (きんむ / kinmu)　→　work / duty
Although there is another common word for work, 仕事 (しごと / shigoto)
For “remote work” we use 勤務 not 仕事.
Please say 在宅勤務 not 在宅仕事.