vocabulary questions

[Sashimister]

Originally Posted by pacerier

cool =) i didn't know that. anyways, what may be the primary difference between 社員 and 職員?

You love splitting hairs, dontcha? In private companies, those are mostly used interchangeably. For certain terms, however, they aren't interchangeable. Are you sure you need to know them and you are going to remember them?

新入社員・社員旅行・社員食堂・正社員

職員会議・XXX部職員(member of XXX dept.)・職員録

Also, is 毎年 more commonly read as まいとし or まいねん? And if we have 毎年毎年 to mean “year after year”, will it be read as まいとしまいとし or まいねんまいねん. Similarly, what’s the preferred pronounciation for 毎月 (まいげつ / まいつき) and 毎月毎月.

毎年 is more commonly read まいとし.
毎年毎年 is more commonly read まいとしまいとし.　
毎月 is always read まいつき.
毎月毎月 ---> Why don't you guess?　

[pacerier]

毎月毎月 ---> Why don't you guess?　

lol i'd think まいつきまいつき hahas

You love splitting hairs, dontcha? In private companies, those are mostly used interchangeably. For certain terms, however, they aren't interchangeable. Are you sure you need to know them and you are going to remember them?

新入社員・社員旅行・社員食堂・正社員

職員会議・XXX部職員(member of XXX dept.)・職員録

i've jot it down as notes, hopefully i can remember them =)

anyway when refering to eyes, is the kanji 眼 ever used, or is it better to use 目.

and regarding すし{food}, is it commonly written as 寿司?

[Sashimister]

Originally Posted by pacerier

anyway when refering to eyes, is the kanji 眼 ever used, or is it better to use 目.

When you talk about people's eyes, you usually use 目.

You might occasionally encounter 眼 in literature but not too often.
A far more important word is 瞳（ひとみ） to mean 目.

and regarding すし{food}, is it commonly written as 寿司?

No. Most of us aren't that Kanji Krazy.

[pacerier]

ok thanks i'll keep that in mind. anyways, i was wondering is it a common practice to write それじゃ as それじゃあ?

and can every instance of そうして be replaced with そして while keeping the exact same meaning of the sentence?


btw is 額 used to refer to sums of money no matter how big/small the amount is? like if i went to eat a meal and it cost $1.50 can i refer to that $1.50 as 額?