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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10 Responses to “Intermediate Lesson #59 - My Tokyo Traveblogue - Day 16”
JapanesePod101.com says:
June 22nd, 2007 at 6:30 pm
Mina-san, Agnes’ first day at the busy design office was quite a surprise. But it seemed to turn out for the best!
Alain says:
June 23rd, 2007 at 5:22 am
What a lesson !
A very rich vocabulary and a lot of business practical expressions !
And a good intermediate level when Gori speaks to Agnes.
Thank you
maxiewawa says:
June 23rd, 2007 at 10:55 am
Today’s Chinesepod lesson is on a subject close to all our hearts:
Francisco says:
June 23rd, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Wow, I just clicked onto ChinesePod for the first time. I have no intention of trying to learn that bedeviled nightmare of a language, but I do have to say one thing: that’s some SWANK web design they have! Snazzy!
I notice Piitasan is looking for a next generation web-developer. Hope he gets a good one. I got web-design envy looking at their site.
bshock says:
June 24th, 2007 at 9:19 am
Excellent lesson today. The vocabulary and examples were both very useful. Thank you so much for continuing the intermediate lessons.
Daniel Beck says:
June 25th, 2007 at 6:59 am
Markyさん、
That intro was hilarious! 
You are the best new addition to JP101 over the last year! 
Sakuraさん、
I always love to hear your voice on JP101!
A little too much giggling by the hosts today though. It makes it hard to concentrate on the explanations. 
What happened to the male co-host we were promised? Has that been dropped already?
HeyItsBryan says:
June 26th, 2007 at 5:18 am
Great lesson!
I agree, I love the new intros. Nice work, Marky.
Although I don’t mind the hosts giggling and having a good time. I think it makes it sound more natural. Besides, I’d rather listen to people who are enjoying the task at hand, and not people who are so serious that they sound like robots or something. 
James says:
July 3rd, 2007 at 2:29 am
I feel like intermediate lessons are slowly being given up. Only about two lessons per month 
. As much as I like the lower intermediate lesson, I still wish there were more intermediate ones, especially now that the (advanced…) beginner lessons have ended.
Keep up the great work!
Jim
木馬 says:
July 6th, 2007 at 6:06 pm
今日の仕事は大変でした。忙しくてつまらないことを毎日繰り返して、大嫌い でも、JapanesePod101.comからの声を聞いて気持ちはすごくよくなりました。ほんとにありがとうございました。
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Category: Intermediate Lessons |
Grammar: polite expressions used in business phone calls | Function: business Japanese | Topic: phone conversations | Politeness Level: casual, formal, honorific, Polite
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