Business Japanese Classes

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The Business Japanese class at JOI teaches essential business manners and knowledge for people working in Japanese firms. In this class, you can learn a lot of necessary Japanese business phrases, improve your conversational skills and gain general understanding.

The Business Japanese Class is a FlexLesson service (Small group classes of 7 people max.1 lesson is 50 minutes long).
Take FlexLessons on your schedule, at your pace. No start dates, no fixed schedule.

Business Japanese lessons

Class schedule

To see schedule in your time zone. This is not a traditional linear course it is modular. Take as many classes as you'd like. Start Anytime !

 

7:00

 Yamamoto
above N2
(document)
           

10:00

          Ishibashi
above N3
 

12:00

         Yamamoto
above N2
(Honorific expressions)(*1)
   

13:00

       Yamamoto
above N2
(basic)
     

20:00

 Yamamoto
above N2
(Honorific expressions)
     Yamamoto
above N2
(document)
   Yamamoto
above N2
(basic)
 

* Teacher  Ishibashi's classes are for JLPT N3 level and above to advanced students.

* Teacher Yamamoto's classes are for JLPT N2 level and above to advanced students.

(*1)The Friday 12:00 class will commence from April 2024.


Business Japanese (For N3 Level and above)

The contents of the Business Japanese classes (N3 level and above) are detailed below.

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 (For N2 Level and above)

The contents of the Business Japanese classes (N2 level and above) are detailed below.
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 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  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 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


yamamotoBusiness Japanese Basic
You can learn the basics of honorifics and how to write internal and external emails.

Teacher:YAMAMOTO Hiroshi

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)
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)

yamamotoHow to use business honorifics
You can learn how to use keigo in various business situations along with how to write emails.
Basic knowledge of honorifics and the ability to type essays in chat rooms are required.

Teacher:YAMAMOTO Hiroshi

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

yamamotoJapanese writing for business
 You can learn the essentials of writing business documents, the rules of expression, and techniques to make them more readable.

Teacher:YAMAMOTO Hiroshi

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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Students Voices for Business Japanese classes at JOI

  • Sara-PT writes...

    Sara-PT-business-japanesse

    As a long term student when I heard that JOI was going to start doing business classes I couldn't wait to try them out. My current job involves dealing with Japanese clients so I was looking forward to improving and developing my professional Japanese.

    Classes cover a range of different skills such as calls, emails, presentations, general etiquette, etc. Each class has a topic in which we practice different scenarios in a specific skill.

    These lessons help build confidence to deal with any matter in a business environment. But they are not just suited for those whose work involves Japanese if you are interested in learning about the Japanese working environment or learn how to better communicate in a formal setting these lessons are also great.

    I'm looking forward to carrying on taking these classes and improving my knowledge even further.

  • Anya-HK writes...

    Anya-HK-business-japanese

    I started taking Business Japanese lessons at JOI last year. I found the lessons not only help me understand how Japanese communicate during work environment, it also gives me more context on the culture, processes and the communication norm between colleagues and with upper management in the business environment. The role plays with commonly used phrases on how to ask for information and clarification, how to report an issue and expresses one's agreement/disagreements are very handy. I am now using them when I communicate with Japanese counterparts which makes my communication looks a bit more professional.

    I highly recommend these lessons for those who need to communicate with Japanese.