Translation guide
The English word "transactions" covers a range of meanings from business dealings and financial exchanges to interactions and proceedings. This guide helps you choose the right Japanese expression based on the specific context.
Refers to buying, selling, or other business activities, often involving money.
The most common and general term for business transactions, deals, or trading. Can be used for both formal and everyday contexts.
当社は海外との取引を拡大しています。
Our company is expanding transactions with overseas partners.
この取引は現金でお願いします。
Please pay in cash for this transaction.
Specifically refers to commercial transactions, often used in legal or formal business contexts.
商取引に関する法律を遵守してください。
Please comply with laws regarding commercial transactions.
Means buying and selling, often used for specific asset transactions like real estate or securities.
不動産の売買契約を結びました。
We signed a real estate purchase and sale agreement.
Refers to movements of money, such as deposits, withdrawals, transfers, or payment processing.
Also used for financial transactions in banking and accounting contexts. Very versatile.
口座の取引明細を確認してください。
Please check your account transaction history.
この取引はまだ処理されていません。
This transaction has not been processed yet.
Specifically refers to deposits and withdrawals, i.e., incoming and outgoing money transactions.
Means settlement or payment processing, often used for credit card or electronic transactions.
Refers to the published records of discussions, papers, or minutes of a meeting.
Minutes or proceedings of a meeting. The standard term for official records of what was discussed.
会議の議事録を送ってください。
Please send the minutes of the meeting.
Bulletin or proceedings of a society, often a regular publication summarizing activities and papers.
Academic journal or bulletin, often used for university departmental publications. Can be translated as 'transactions' in some contexts.
Refers to social interactions, communication, or dealings between individuals.
General term for exchanges, interactions, or communication. Can be used for conversations, messages, or any back-and-forth.
彼とのメールのやり取りを保存しています。
I save my email transactions with him.
商談のやり取りはすべて記録されています。
All the business transactions (negotiations) are recorded.
Exchange or interchange, often used for cultural or social interactions.
Can be used metaphorically for social dealings, but often implies a transactional or business-like relationship.
Using 取引 for personal interactions may sound cold or calculating.
The English word "transactions" is very broad. Always consider the specific context: business, finance, records, or social interaction. Using 取引 for everything can sound unnatural.
取引 implies a formal, often monetary exchange. やり取り is more about the back-and-forth communication or interaction itself, not necessarily involving money.
入出金の記録を毎日つけています。
I keep a daily record of deposits and withdrawals.
クレジットカードの決済が完了しました。
The credit card transaction has been completed.
学会の会報に論文が掲載されました。
My paper was published in the society's transactions.
This research was published in the university's transactions.
国際交流を通じて多くのことを学びました。
I learned a lot through international transactions (exchanges).
人間関係を取引のように考えるのはよくない。
It's not good to think of human relationships as transactions.