🇯🇵 💼 Work · Everyday conversation, with effort (A2)

🏢 Office Japanese and basic keigo

🎯 Use set phrases at a Japanese workplace

Use the usual 50-minute plan: warm-up → key phrases → challenges → role-play → discussion → wrap-up. Share this page on Zoom so the student can see the phrases, but keep "Your card" to yourself.

💬 Warm-up questions

しごとはなにをしていますか？ (What's your job?)
にほんのかいしゃではたらきたい？ (Want to work at a Japanese company?)

🔑 Key phrases

おつかれさまです (otsukaresama desu)Thanks for your hard work (greeting at work)
よろしくおねがいいたします (yoroshiku onegai itashimasu)I look forward to working with you (very polite)
しょうしょうおまちください (shōshō omachi kudasai)Please wait a moment
かしこまりました (kashikomarimashita)Certainly / understood
おさきにしつれいします (osaki ni shitsurei shimasu)Excuse me for leaving first
もうしわけございません (mōshiwake gozaimasen)I'm very sorry

📚 Useful words

かいぎ (kaigi) — meeting
じょうし (jōshi) — boss
めいし (meishi) — business card
しりょう (shiryō) — documents
しめきり (shimekiri) — deadline
ざんぎょう (zangyō) — overtime

⚡ Speaking challenges

Do a business card exchange with the right phrases.
Respond to 3 requests with かしこまりました.
Leave the office politely.
Apologize for being late very politely.

🎭 Role-play

First week at a Japanese office.

🧑‍🎓 Student's card

Greet coworkers, exchange business cards, accept a task from your boss, leave for the day.

🧑‍🏫 Your card (tutor)

Be the boss: give a task ('このしりょうをコピーしてください'), check understanding.

🌀 Twist (halfway through): A client calls and the boss is out. The student must say 'しょうしょうおまちください' and take a message.

🗣️ Discussion questions

なぜ「おつかれさま」はべんりですか？ (Why is otsukaresama useful?)
あなたのくにのしょくばとにほんのちがいは？ (Workplace differences?)
けいごはむずかしいですか？ (Is keigo hard?)

📌 Homework

Make flashcards for 10 office phrases and when to use themオフィスのフレーズ10個と使う場面をカードにまとめる