
Learn Japanese with JapanesePod101.com! It’s Agnes’s first day on the job at Design Office J, she’s just learning her way around the office when she receives a strange phone call from a man a named Gori. His overly casual style puts in her in a difficult position as she has to use formal business Japanese. Can she handle this on her first day? In today’s lesson, we’ll take a look at many polite expressions used in Business Japanese. Also, we’ll cover the pitfalls of when to use honorifics and when to use humble forms. It’s a bit tricky, so after listening, stop by JapanesePod101.com and be sure to leave us a post!
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Grammar: polite expressions used in business phone calls | Function: business Japanese | Topic: phone conversations | Politeness Level: casual, formal, honorific, Polite
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