Phrase
最良の手段を問う
- What is the best way to reach college students?
-> Magazine ads and TV commercials.
-> What kings of magazines do you recommend?
- Which type of advertising is most useful for retired people?
- Do you think … is / are good for reaching …?
広告について
- We're using TV commercials.
- The train ads don't work as well as I expected.(電車広告は私が期待したほど効果がない)
- People leave positive reviews.(人々は肯定的な評価(レビュー)を残す)
自社製品のターゲット/広報手段について
会話例
- What is your product?
-> Our product is called Harsh Mints.
-> What is your biggest market?
-> Our target market is 30- to 40-year-old employed males and university students.
-> And how do you advertise?
-> We use mostly train ads and some magazine advertisements as well.
広報手段
- print ad(印刷広告)
Ex) magazine, news paper
- banner ad(バナー広告)
Ex) web advertisement
- billboard((通例屋外の大きな)広告板) = huge poster
- train ad(電車内広告)
- direct mail / leaflet(ちらし広告) / brochure(パンフレット)
- product placement (映画やドラマの小道具としての商品広告)
= ads in a movie
Words
- maiden name(旧姓の)
= last name before getting married
- troublesome(やっかいな、めんどうな、わずらわしい)
Ex) It's troublesome.
- mutual friend(共通の友人)
Ex) We have mutual friends.
- cousin(いとこ、親類)
- publicity(宣伝、広告、公表)
Ex) We don't pay for publicity.(宣伝費を支払っていません)
Ref) word-of-mouth ad(口コミ広告)
- simultaneously(同時に、(…と)同時に)【さいむるてにゅすりー】
= at the same time
- addictive(常習癖がつきやすい、習慣性の、夢中にさせる、病みつきになる)
Ex) Smoking is addictive.(喫煙は習慣性がある)
Ref) I'm addicted to video games. = I can't stop video games.
- till = until / when(…まで、…になるまで)
- real estate agency(不動産代理店)
= place to rent or buy a house
- calligraphy(能書、能筆、書道、書法)
- kanji radical(漢字の偏・旁)
- context-sensitive(文脈に敏感)
- trip (and fall)(つまずき(そして落ちる))
- narrow down((…に)狭める、絞る)
- city office(市庁、町役場、市役所)
- bureaucracy(官僚制、官僚政治)
- thunder((ゴロゴロ鳴る)雷、雷鳴)
- lightning(稲光、電光、稲妻)
From free talk / Useful phrases
- Everything feels the same.(すべてが同じように感じる)
- It's just random words put together.(一緒に置かれたランダムな言葉です)
- I took a holiday. [long time] / I took a day off. [short time]
- It depends on the generation.(世代によって異なる)
- It's written in English.(英語で書かれている)