Translation guide
In Japanese, the concept of an identity number is expressed through specific terms for different types of identification numbers, such as personal ID numbers, resident registration numbers, and corporate numbers. The most common and important term is マイナンバー (My Number), which refers to the national individual identification number system.
The 12-digit individual number assigned to all residents in Japan for social security, taxation, and disaster response.
The official term for Japan's national individual identification number. Commonly used in daily life and official contexts.
マイナンバーを提示してください。
Please present your My Number.
マイナンバーカードを持っていますか。
Do you have a My Number card?
An 11-digit number assigned to each resident listed on the Basic Resident Register, used for administrative purposes.
The resident record code, a unique number assigned to each person on the resident register. Often required for official procedures.
住民票コードを記入してください。
Please fill in your resident record code.
A 13-digit number assigned to companies and organizations for public identification.
A number used to identify a person within a specific organization or system.
A general term for an ID number, used in contexts like employee IDs, student IDs, or membership numbers.
社員ID番号を入力してください。
Please enter your employee ID number.
学生ID番号を忘れました。
I forgot my student ID number.
A number used to confirm one's identity, such as a PIN or verification code.
マイナンバー is the common term used in everyday conversation and most documents. 個人番号 is the formal legal term found in laws and very official contexts. They refer to the same number.
マイナンバーは個人番号とも呼ばれます。
My Number is also called the individual number.
暗証番号 (PIN) is a secret number used for authentication, not an identity number. In English, 'identity number' might sometimes refer to a PIN, but in Japanese these are distinct concepts.
The formal legal term for the My Number. Used in official documents and laws.
個人番号は12桁の番号です。
The individual number is a 12-digit number.
The corporate number, used for businesses and organizations. Publicly available and often printed on invoices and official documents.
請求書に法人番号を記載してください。
Please include the corporate number on the invoice.
A more formal term for identification number, often used in technical or official contexts.
各ユーザーに一意の識別番号が割り当てられます。
Each user is assigned a unique identification number.
Personal identification number (PIN), used for bank cards, phones, etc. Not an identity number per se, but often translated as such in context.
暗証番号を入力してください。
Please enter your PIN.