くんたろうさんの おぼえた日記 - 2024年10月6日(日)

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ラジオビジネス英語
2024.11.7 再放送⇒2024.5.9(木) L20 顧客向け提案を協議する　Discuss proposals for customers

つづき

◇It was awesome. The word "awesome" gives off a vibe like great or nice. It's a word commonly seen in internal chat tools. "Check it out!" is also a phrase you wouldn't find in formal emails. It feels like Tom and Rie have an established relationship from their previous interactions.❣👂interactions　in actions
Yes, the tone is considerably more informal this time.👂the tone　Tony*Tom
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give off 光・気体・熱・雰囲気などを）出す、発する *give off a negative vibe 嫌な感じを与える

Q　XYZ社とのビジネスの可能性にワクワクしています
▷Hi Tom
Did you get to go surfing again?
Big thanks for sending your draft proposal.
Q Excited about the prospect of doing business with XYZ.
"Looking forward to the opportunity to engage in business with XYZ.
◇closeness between the two
“Big thanks” is something you typically do in exchanges with close colleagues.

□ 見積もりに関するやりとり
① 【取引制約】に向けての努力　 effort in 【closing the deal】.
② 【内訳を作成】しました　I've 【broken down】
③ 話し合った条件を【簡潔に纏めた】　 【summarizing】 the terms and conditions we talked about.
⑤ 顧客の【意向に沿う】ものだと確信しています　 will 【hit the spot】 for your client.
⑥ 顧客の【意思決定】にとって、【価格設定】がどれだけ重要か　how crucial the 【pricing】 is for your client's 【decision-making】.


ニュースで学ぶ「現代英語」
2024.11.8(10.21) 人材確保めざす企業に賃上げの動き SOME JAPANESE FIRMS OFFERING PAY RAISES BEYOND 5% 人材確保めざす一部の日本企業が5%を超える賃上げを提示

🔶Today's Takeaways
賃上げ pay increase/raise/hike 賃上げする give a raise
◇日本の賃金の引き上げ
S: We should all recognize that wage increases in Japan have been really slow for more than three decades, and that is highly unusual for an industrialized country.
When prices were relatively low, we could tolerate lower wages, but it is no longer the case.
Our inflation level is not as bad as that in the United States, (for example,) but prices of bread-and-butter goods and other items have slowly started rising, and many people have begun to feel that they can’t afford to buy things.
T: So that's why you think it’s a good idea to raise wages?
S: That's right.
T: Well, that might make sense in the short term, but it could also create a wage-price spiral: if you raise wages to keep up with inflation, you end up raising costs for businesses, which might then respond by raising prices to cover those costs. That can be a dangerous cycle, obviously.
S: Wage hikes will stimulate consumption and ｔｈｕｓ benefit ｔｈｅ economy. When consumption rises, so do company profits. And workers' wages can be increased! So it could turn out to be a positive spiral.
T: But that cycle isn't always a possibility for small businesses, is it? A lot of them have small profit margins, so they face two big risks: having to pay their workers more might mean (maybe) going into the red, while raising prices could drive away customers, they depend on to stay afloat.
S: Certainly small businesses and shops need some support. Government assistance and other measures may temporarily ｂｅ necessary. (And) in the long run, this is a problem that may erode Japan's competitiveness in the world. If Japanese wages remain low, Japan's purchasing power in the international market ｗｉｌｌ decline in the future.
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industrialized country　先進国
bread-and-butter　生活していくための *bread-and-butter goods 生活必需品
spiral　《経済》スパイラル、悪循環
keep up with　～と歩調を合わせる、～についていく
small profit margins　小さい利益率
stay afloat 何とか成り立つ
afloat 水に)浮かんで/🔶商売などが借金せずに）何とか続いて・成り立って
erode 浸食する、徐々に損なう
◇devil's advocate わざと反対する人◆多数意見の正当性を確認するため、または単に議論を引き起こすために、あえて少数意見に賛成を唱える人。◆play devil's advocate
Yeah, well, first of all, I'm not a big economic person. So, it was hard, and I was arguing against more money for regular people like me. That was not an easy assignment. It was, it was a fun thinking exercise for me.


ラジオビジネス英語
2024.11.8　再放送⇒2024.5.10(金) Interview 1-5 Lekh Raj Juneja 日本の年配に人気の煎餅、あられ⇒今後より多くの人に楽しんでもらうための工夫
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😢there'll　that'll
😢🔹how to)grow our(business　　do今回talk to our
😢where　very今回well
❣🔹how(we　all
❣🔹serve)them　and
😢🔹cannot　　can have to
❣🔹that's the reason　　fantasy
😢🔹all over(the　arrow今回allow
😢🔹how　our*whole今回or
❣are　〇*or
😢🔹that's the reason　　facilities
😢wherever　whenever今回whereever
❣🔹we)can　have
😢building our　ミス今回willing our
❣🔹factories　fact
😢making)all these alliances　ミス今回out do the line
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▷stagnant 停滞した
hazardous物質が特に人の健康に）有害な、危険な
connotation言外の意味、含み

▷demographic 特定の人口集団、購買層/《demographics》人口動態、人口統計(学)
The details or specifics about a group of people. A demographic is also a part of the population based on a shared characteristic. This could be something like age, income, nationality, and so on. For example, young voters are a key demographic for his political campaign.

▷share 割合、シェア
Market shares refer to the portion of sales a company or product has in a given market. For example, if there are 100 products sold in a certain industry and 10 of those products are from my company, then my company would have a 10% share of the market. 👂or　your



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