12/04/2015
Do you know...
..that the Japanese word 証明書 or SHOMEISHO (shoh mee sho) means "Certificate" in English? It is a kanji compound of 証明 SHOMEI (record, proof) and 書 SHO (letter, document). Some of the commonly used terminologies / phrases you may encounter or already have encountered that uses SHOMEISHO are:
SHUSSEI SHOMEISHO - Birth Certificate
SENREI SHOMEISHO - Baptismal Certificate
KEKKON SHOMEISHO - Marriage Certificate
SHIBO SHOMEISHO - Death Certificate
KAZEI SHOMEISHO - Taxation Certificate
NOZEI SHOMEISHO - Tax Payment Certificate
SHOMEISHO O TEISHUTSU SURU - to submit (a) certificate
SHOMEISHO GA HITSUYO - Certificate is required
