Lesson 12 Easy Japanese for Work

 Easy Japanese for Work

Lesson 12 Asking for clarification

Sumimasen, kakunin sasete kudasai. Please let me confirm.

S

Modorimashita. I'm back.

Jooshi / Superior

A, Binodo kun! Choudo yokatta. Oh, Binod kun! Perfect timing.

J

Ima isogi de okyakusama no shiryou o matomete iru tokoro na n da. We're gathering some documents for the client. We're in a hurry.

Okyakusama ni watasu shiryou o matomete iru gathering some documents to give to the client

~ru tokoro means that one is doing something now

J

Chotto tetsudatte kurenai kana. Could you help us out ? 

S

Hai, wakarimashita. Yes, of course.

Dooryoo/ Coworker

Dekita ! Otsukaresamadesu. We finished ! Thank you very much.

D

Binodosan, boku to kachou wa kono shiryou o todokete kuru ne. Binod-san, kachou and I are going to hand over these documents now.

S

Wakarimashita. Understood.

J

Boku wa kore de "chokki", Wadakun wa ashita, okyakusama no tokoro e "chokko" suru ne. We'll be leaving now, and I'll head home right after. Wadakun will go straight to the client's office tomorrow.

Chokki means heading straight home without returning to the office.

Chokko means heading straight to the client's office from one's home.

J

Howaito-boodo ni hatte oite. Could you put that on the whiteboard ?

Key Phrase

S

Sumimasen, kakunin sasete kudasai.

Kaku 確

Kakutei 確定

Seikaku 正確

Kakunin 確にん

S

Chokkin wa kore, chokko wa kore de ii desu ne. This is chokki, and this is chokko, right ?

J

Sousou. Jaa itte kuru ne. Right. We'll be leaving now.

Sou desu. Soredewa itte kimasu.

D

Yoroshiku ne. Mata ashita. Thanks. See you tomorrow.

Isogi / Shikyuu  urgent/ ASAP

Isogi no anken a rush job/ urgent matter

Isogi no shigoto ga aru kara ashita wa zangyou ni naru. I have an urgentctask to work on, so I will do overtime tomorrow.

Kopii o isogi de juu bu onegai shimasu. I need ten copies of this right away, please.

Dokyumento

Shanai shiryou internal documents

Shiryou sakusei preparing documents

Haihu shiryou documents to pass out to participants

Temochi shiryou prepared documents (to be used by a speaker and not distributed)

Tenpu shiryou attached documents

Which of the following shares the same meaning as " Sumimasen, kakunin sasete kudasai."

Kakunin shitemo ii desuka.

What does "chokki" mean ?

To directly head home after visiting a client's office.