Business Japanese lessons
Class schedule
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7:00 |
Yamamoto Business B |
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10:00 |
Ishibashi Business A |
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12:00 |
Yamamoto BusinessB |
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13:00 |
Yamamoto Business B |
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20:00 |
Yamamoto Business B |
Yamamoto Business B |
Yamamoto Business B |
* The Business Japanese A class is designed to help you reach CEFR B1 to C1 levels in Japanese language proficiency.
* The Business Japanese B class is designed to help you reach CEFR B2, CEFR C1 levels in Japanese language proficiency.
Business Japanese A
These classes aim to help students acquire Japanese language skills equivalent to the CEFR B1 to C1 level.
Category | Contents |
Business Manner | Greetings, visits to other companies, language, business customs, etc. will be reviewed and practiced in a conversational style appropriate to the situation. |
Telephone Responses | Confirm the flow of responses and practice standard telephone phrases. Use role-play to practice the caller and receiver responses. |
Business Conversation | Students will learn useful conversations for negotiating in business meetings, reporting to superiors, and communicating with colleagues, and will practice conversations and role-plays. |
Honorific expressions |
Students will review and practice key points of keigo in a conversational format. Students will learn how and in what situations honorific expressions are used in business conversation, and practice through conversation and role-plays. |
Business Japanese B
These classes aim to help sutudents acquire Japanese language skills equivalent to the CEFR B2, CEFR C1 level.
The entire theme will be covered by completing the lesson a certain number of times. After completion, the lesson will restart from the first session.
No. | Class | Contents | |
1 | Business Japanese Basic CEFR B2 |
You will learn the basics of honorific expressions, basic knowledge of how to write internal and external (to customers and suppliers) emails, and how to make and receive phone calls. | 19 sessions |
2 | How to use business honorific CEFR C1 |
You will practice how to use honorific expressions in various business situations. For example, how to make appointments and apologize to customers and business partners, and how to report to your boss. Please note that you will need to be able to type in Japanese into the chat for this lesson. | 23 sessions |
3 | Japanese writing for business CEFR B2 |
You will learn what is important when writing business documents and the rules of various writing styles and language usage. You will also learn techniques for writing documents that are easy to read. This content is also useful for writing Japanese documents other than business documents. | 19 sessions |
Yamaamoto sensei will send the following materials after the completion of each lesson, tailored to the respective lesson themes.
No | Business Japanese Basics Materials |
1 | General Honorific Expressions 10 |
2 | Specific Honorific Expressions 30 |
3 | Reformulated Expressions (Nouns, Adjectives, Adverbs) 98 |
4 | Reformulated Expressions (Verbs) 49 |
5 | Frequently Used Expressions in Business Japanese (Situations) 65 |
No | How to Write Business Documents Materials |
1 | Frequently Used Business Document Phrases 7 |
2 | Agreement Expressions 23 |
3 | Frequently Used Writing Words in Business Documents 147 |
4 | Words Expressing Specific Meanings of Order 14 |
5 | Words Expressing Absence or Negation 43 |
6 | Case-Marking Particles 9 |
7 | Frequently Used Writing Expressions in Business Documents 14 |
8 | Frequently Used Writing Expressions in Business Documents 163 |
9 | Words with the Same Pronunciation but Different Meanings 37 |
Business Japanese Basic CEFR B2 Teacher:YAMAMOTO Hiroshi |
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Category | No. | Contents | |
敬語基礎 | 1 | 敬語の分類(ぶんるい)、一般(いっぱん)表現、特定(とくてい)表現 | |
敬語基礎 | 2 | 接頭語(せっとうご) 「お」と「ご」 | |
敬語基礎 | 3 | 改(あらた)まった言い方Ⅰ(名詞・形容詞、副詞(ふくし)) | |
敬語基礎 | 4 | 改(あらた)まった言い方Ⅱ(動詞(どうし)) | |
敬語基礎 | 5 | 会話スタイルⅠ(です・ます/敬語/カジュアル) | |
敬語基礎 | 6 | 会話スタイルⅡ(です・ます/敬語/カジュアル) | |
社内メール | 7 | 社内メール作成の注意点 | |
社内メール | 8 | 基本構成(きほんこうせい) | |
社外メール | 9 | 社外メール作成の注意点、構成(こうせい) 件名(けんめい)・宛名(あてな) |
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社外メール | 10 | 挨拶(あいさつ)、名乗り、書き出し(A:前に一言) | |
社外メール | 11 | 書き出し(B:用件(ようけん)) | |
社外メール | 12 | 本文・結(むす)び | |
社外メール | 13 | 定型(ていけい)書式 | |
電話 | 14 | 標準通話(ひょうじゅんつうわ)Ⅰ | |
電話 | 15 | 標準通話Ⅱ | |
電話 | 16 | 指名(しめい)した人と話せない場合Ⅰ | |
電話 | 17 | 指名した人と話せない場合Ⅱ | |
電話 | 18 | 用件(ようけん)に対応(たいおう) | |
電話 | 19 | トラブルに対応(たいおう) |
How to use business honorifics CEFR C1 Teacher:YAMAMOTO Hiroshi |
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Category | No. | Contents | |
社外メール(行為) | 1 | 面会(めんかい)・会議の約束(やくそく)をする | |
社外メール(行為) | 2 | 提案(ていあん)する、申し出る | |
社外メール(行為) | 3 | 相手の考えを確かめる | |
社外メール(行為) | 4 | 予定を変更(へんこう)する | |
社外メール(行為) | 5 | 相手先(さき)を訪れる | |
社外メール(行為) | 6 | 相手の訪問(ほうもん)を受ける | |
社外メール(行為) | 7 | 相手を招(まね)く | |
社外メール(行為) | 8 | 連絡する | |
社外メール(行為) | 9 | 問い合わせる | |
社外メール(行為) | 10 | お願いする | |
社外メール(行為) | 11 | 申し出を断(ことわ)る | |
社外メール(行為) | 12 | 迷惑(めいわく)をかけて謝(あやま)る | |
社外メール(行為) | 13 | 感謝(かんしゃ)の気持ちを伝える | |
社外メール(行為) | 14 | お祝(いわ)いの気持ちを伝える | |
社外メール(行為) | 15 | 大切な行事の予約をする | |
社外メール(挨拶) | 16 | 人事異動(じんじいどう)の挨拶:出会い | |
社外メール(挨拶) | 17 | 人事異動の挨拶:お別れ | |
社外メール(挨拶) | 18 | 1年末・年始、季節(きせつ)の挨拶 | |
社外メール(挨拶) | 19 | メールの最後のまとめの言葉 | |
社外メール(定型書式) | 20 | 書き出し定型書式 | |
社内メール | 21 | 報告(ほうこく)する | |
社内メール | 22 | 連絡(れんらく)する | |
社内メール | 23 | 相談(そうだん)する |
Japanese writing for business CEFR B2 Teacher:YAMAMOTO Hiroshi |
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Category | No. | Contents | |
特徴(とくちょう) | 1 | ビジネス文書の特徴 | |
要点 | 2 | ビジネス文書の構成 | |
要点 | 3 | 短く書く | |
要点 | 4 | 正しく書く | |
要点 | 5 | 誤解(ごかい)されないように書く | |
要点 | 6 | 見やすく書く | |
表現の規則 | 7 | 文字を正しく使うⅠ(漢字・ひらがな・カタカナ) | |
表現の規則 | 8 | 文字を正しく使うⅡ(数字・符号・句読点) | |
実践力を高める | 9 | 文体(ぶんたい)を統一(とういつ) | |
実践力を高める | 10 | 体言止(たいげんど)めⅠ (助詞(じょし)・動詞の処理(しょり)) | |
実践力を高める | 11 | 体言止めⅡ (形容詞(けいようし)の処理、特定(とくてい)の意味を表す語) | |
実践力を高める | 12 | 表現を統一、重複(じゅゆうふく)を避(さ)ける。 | |
実践力を高める | 13 | 適切(てきせつ)な接続(せつぞく)の言葉 | |
実践力を高める | 14 | 適切(てきせつ)な助詞 「格助詞(かくじょし)」 | |
実践力を高める | 15 | ビジネス文書でよく使う言葉 | |
実践力を高める | 16 | ビジネス文書でよく使う表現 | |
実践力を高める | 17 | 同音異義語(どうおんいぎご)Ⅰ | |
実践力を高める | 18 | 同音異義語(どうおんいぎご)Ⅱ | |
実践力を高める | 19 | ビジネス文書で間違(まちが)えやすい表現 (じ・ず/ぢ・づ、「は」と「が」) ビジネス文書で使わない方が良い表現 |
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