N2 · 40 words

Contracts, forms and procedures

The words on a contract, an application form and the paperwork around them.

This page explains vocabulary and is not advice on any contract or procedure. Paperwork in Japanese runs on two-kanji words that are almost never heard in conversation, and several of them come in pairs worth learning together: 有効(ゆうこう) and 無効(むこう), 原本(げんぽん) and 写(うつ)し. English speakers tend to read 控(ひか)え as just another word for a copy; it is the copy you keep for yourself after handing the original in. And where an English form asks for a signature, a Japanese one often asks for a seal as well: 署名(しょめい)と押印(おういん).

The words

Verb (1)

申し出るto come forward; to report; to offerVerbN2

変更(へんこう)がある場合(ばあい)は、早(はや)めに係(かかり)の者(もの)に申(もう)し出(で)てください。If anything changes, please let a member of staff know as early as possible.

This list belongs to Work and careers — nine lists and 356 words that can also be practised as a whole.

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