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This study analyzed Chinese characters used in business Japanese textbooks (10) and also examined their usage. Major findings are as follows. (1) Among Chinese characters (17117 characters) used in business Japanese textbooks (total of 10), the number of running words used more than 13 times are 14417 characters (84.2%) (2) Running words used more than 13〜20 times are 1551 characters (10.8%), 21-50 times 4151 characters (28.8%), 51〜100 times 3075 characters (21.3), 101〜200 times 3193 characters (22.1%), 201〜300 times 1016 characters (7.0%), and 301〜394 times 1431 characters (9.9%). (3) Different words used 13〜20 times are 97 characters (32.3%), 21〜50 times 130 characters (43.3%), 51〜100 times 43 characters (14.3%), 101〜200 times 22 characters (7.3%), 201〜300 times 4 characters (1.3%), and 301〜394 times 4 characters (1.3%). (4) Chinese characters used the most are 長, 日, 社, 申 (4 characters, more than 300 times), 部, 願, 話, 今 (8 characters, more than 200 times), and 先, 取, 課, 時, 引, 上, 本, 私, 品, 思, 當, 訳, 電, 様, 会, 待, 一, 事, 大, 人, 業, 何 (30 words, more than 100 times). (5) In each of the 30 characters (more than 100 times) the most common example of usage (30 examples) are 部長(195 times), ××日(62), 〇〇社(73), 申し訳〜(137), 部長(195), お願い(258), 電話(132), 今日(51), 〇〇先(115), 取引先(102), 課長(148), ××時(90), 取引先(102), 申し上げる(51), 本日(61), 私(160), 製品(53), 思う(146), 担當(66), 申し訳〜(137), 電話(132), 〇〇様(80), 会社(42), お待ち〜(79), 一度(21), 商事(38), 大変(35), 人(32), 営業(89), and 何(85). It is expected that Chinese characters commonly used in business Japanese textbooks and their example of usage should be utilized in business Japanese conversation training and textbooks.