ノルマ

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Etymology

From Russian но́рма (nórma). Compare Korean 노르마 (noreuma).

Pronunciation

Noun

ノルマ • (noruma) 

  1. quota
    ノルマを果(は)たす
    noruma o hatasu
    to meet one's quota
  2. assigned work (especially an amount of work given to each person)
    過(か)大(だい)なノルマ
    kadai na noruma
    excessively large assignment
  3. (informal) thing that happens regularly (Can we verify(+) this sense?)
    ノルマ達(たっ)成(せい)
    noruma tassei
    like clockwork
    • 2013, Matsumoto Masanori, Shihōshoshi gokagetsu gōkaku hō [Pass the judicial scrivener exam in five months], page 74:
      勉(べん)強(きょう)計(けい)画(かく)を立(た)て、それを日(ひ)々(び)の勉(べん)強(きょう)で実(じっ)行(こう)していく中(なか)で、最(もっと)も重(じゅう)要(よう)となる考(かんが)え方(かた)が、「ノルマ達(たっ)成(せい)の発(はっ)想(そう)」です。
      Benkyō keikaku o tate, sore o hibi no benkyō de jikkō shite-iku naka de, mottomo jūyō tonaru kangaekata ga, “noruma tassei no hassō” desu.
      When developing a study plan and carrying it out every day, the most important thing to think about is “the idea of regular accomplishments”.

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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