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Some notes I took from a presentation of Rochelle Kopp at LocWorld Tokyo
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Some Japanese and Chinese (Business) Terminology.md

Japanese

Kanji / Hiragana / Romaji

無駄 (むだ) Muda

Waste

安定 (あんてい) Antei

Stability; Predictability

整理整頓 (せいりせいとん) Seiriseiton

Keeping things in order, organization and tidyness.

細かい (こまかい) Komakai

Detailed, fine.

人間味 (にんげんみ) Ningenmi

The human kindness; the human touch.

根回し (ねまわし) Nemawashi

Going around the roots; informal process of quietly laying the foundation for some proposed change.

? (よろしくおねがいします。) Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu.

Be kind to me / Nice to meet you... and lot's of other contextual meanings: https://www.tofugu.com/japanese/yoroshiku-onegaishimasu-meaning/

Chinese

關係 Guanxi/Guanshi

Relationships with others; Implicit mutual obligations, reciprocity, and trust.

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