Easy Japanese for Work

S1 E222019

Identifying your chance to speak at a meeting

Episode Synopsis

Today: identifying your chance to speak at a meeting. Timothy James Mahrt, from the United States, works at an IT firm in Tokyo. He helps develop software used for website translation. Though he has no trouble chatting in Japanese with colleagues over lunch, he sometimes finds it hard to follow meetings held in Japanese. For this reason, he has difficulty finding the right time to speak up. To improve, he takes on a roleplay challenge and gets advice from business Japanese experts.

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Making apologies

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Offering support

Asking how to pronounce names

Asking for clarification

Answering phone calls for others

Responding when you've been asked to do too many things

Offering logical explanations

Handling difficult negotiations over the phone

Supporting a subordinate

Politely explaining rules

Dealing with ambiguous complaints

Telling passengers in a hurry that they may be late

Asking a shop manager to follow orders from head office

Identifying your chance to speak at a meeting

Explaining when there's been a misunderstanding

Adjusting a schedule with a client

Making small talk with a client

Cheering up a junior employee who is feeling down

Asking others for favors

Checking that others have understood instructions

Reporting to a superior that a coworker is ill

Turning down a request for support politely

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Asking for further information

Saying how much you can do

Explaining that you can't make a decision on the spot

Taking over someone's work without hurting their feelings

Explaining a need for staffing adjustment

Pointing out a senior coworker's mistake

Words of support for a coworker

Fielding an urgent request on the phone

Determining what is worrying a client

Making a polite request to a superior

Asking someone to repeat and clarify

Recommending additional repairs

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