Improving Writing Skills #13: Levels 1-5 The Trap of Confusing Words

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This is the 13th installment of Improving Writing Skills.

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■ Improving Writing Skills

This time, I would like to talk about not using confusing words.

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Do not use technical jargon.
Do not use industry-specific terminology.
It's about using words that everyone can understand.

Things I thought I didn't need to write.
I had omitted them thinking that.

I decided to convey everything, so I wrote this article.

I would like to proceed by introducing examples of confusing words.

Levels 0-5

Please think about what kind of words apply in your surroundings. Are you using confusing words without realizing it?

First, industry terminology.
However, these are words that have different meanings depending on the industry.

Do you know what they mean?

Level 0

When you hear it suddenly, which one comes to mind?
In the current medical and nursing care industry, it is public assistance (seikatsu hogo).
In the financial industry where I used to work, it is life insurance (seimei hoken).

The meaning of the word changes depending on which industry you are in.
It is better to avoid words that have two or more meanings.

Let's write them out without abbreviating.

In the nursing care industry, it is a care plan center.
In general or in real estate, 'kyotaku' is a house to live in.

I went to the 'kyotaku'.

If you are in the nursing care industry, it means 'I went to the care plan center.' In general, people would think it means a house.

Level 1

These are also words that have different meanings from general usage.
For example, they are common in the K-pop industry.

It means releasing a new song.
And performing activities for it.
If you don't know K-pop, you might think they were on a long hiatus.

What kind of pen? Hanpen (fish cake)?

It means fan.
The pronunciation of 'fan' and the 'hanpen' in oden is different, but you can't tell from the text.

It means a fan of Han from Stray Kids.

Isn't it better to just say fan?

It makes sense in conversations between K-pop fans.
However, it's impossible for the general public.

Level 2

These are further industry terms.
Words from the medical industry that you can't even guess.

What meta? Meta-meta. Bone meta.

Meta-meta? Bone meta? Did you feed Facebook or Instagram some dog food?

It means cancer metastasis. Bone meta is bone metastasis.
This is impossible. It's impossible to even guess.
Doctors and nurses, please don't use this with patients.
Isn't it better to just say metastasis?

Please go see the Uro department.
Uro? I haven't seen any signs for that.

Excuse me. Where is the Uro department?
It's number 3. Isn't number 3 the Urology department?
Uro refers to Urology.

I can't guess that.
It's Urology. I wonder if they don't like saying 'urology'? Is calling it the 'Uro department' common?

Level 3

These are internal company terms, not industry jargon.
Words used at a specific company.
I don't understand these either.

However, they are common within the company.
People tend to use them with outsiders too. Be careful.

CA? I've made an appointment with CA.

Are you having a dinner party with a cabin attendant?

CA stands for Counseling. It refers to counseling at a certain company. If it's counseling, it would seem like CO, but it's CA. I'll omit the reason why.

I've made an appointment for FF.
Are you going to play Final Fantasy or something?

The same counseling is called FF at a different company. FF is Final Fantasy.

They say it stands for Find Fact or Fact Finding. It means to counsel. Only people at that company would understand.

Also, there was a place that called it 'ms'.
It's Mocal System.

*Do not use outside the company*.

Level 4

Next is local terminology.
These aren't even abbreviations, but names of places or locations.
Only those who live there understand them.

It is a place name for a certain location.
Since it is the name of a neighborhood association, there is no such address or place name. Only the people who live there know it.

I have even tried explaining the meaning to a real estate agent. It is impossible for a real estate agent in the city to know a place name like that.

It is the name of a high school.
|Akashi Josai High School|.

It is written as Akashi Josai.
If you don't write 'high school' after it, people are likely to read it as |Akashi Jonishi|.

People outside the local area won't understand it.
If you read it as 'Shironishi,' it sounds like a person's name.

By the way, the abbreviation for Josai High School is Josai.
For other high schools, Akashi High is 'Meiko,' and Akashi Kita is 'Meikita.'
Akashi Commercial, which is strong in high school baseball, is 'Meisho.'
Almost all of them have the 'Mei' from Akashi City.

Only Josai drops the Akashi.
It is Josai, not Meijo. It suddenly becomes a name that doesn't sound like a high school. It is absolutely impossible to understand.

You must not use it with anyone outside the local area.
Regional terms are so common locally that you don't realize they aren't understood by others.
Let's try not to use them carelessly.
If you have just moved there, you won't understand it.

Level 5

Finally, insider jargon.
These are words used only within our own group.

It is the name for alunge stretchin a certain athletic club. 50 Chu-Spes!! My legs are going to fall off.

Only people in that club understand it.

It is mountain climbing practice in a different athletic club.
Apparently, it is 'Hill' as in a hill, not 'Hir' as in noon.
No, that is a mountain. Why?

Insider joke. It will never be understood.
However, it is funny when you are on the inside.
It makes for great reminiscing.
As a result, you end up using it outside too.
Be careful.

That is all.
Confusing word levels 0-5.

Industry jargon, words with different meanings in different industries.
Internal company jargon. Local terms.
Finally, words used only within an inner circle.

Words you know well.
For some reason, there is a bias that everyone else understands them too.

That is a misunderstanding.
It will not be conveyed at all.
Let's replace them with other words.
Let's use easy-to-understand words.

Let's add explanations or notes for place names and inside jokes.

Do not use confusing words.
If you find words that bother you when reviewing, rewrite them.
Your brain is mistaken in thinking they are easy to understand.

Don't let your brain fool you.

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May you have a wonderful day today as well.
Let's meet again.

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