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.
Please check the pronunciation of each word in YouTube video!
