Easy Japanese for Work — Season 1, Episode 38: Taking over someone's work without hurting their feelings

Episode synopsis

Today: taking over someone's work without hurting their feelings. Aung Zin Phyo, from Myanmar, works for a firm that makes architectural 3DCG images. These images are used in various types of presentations. He joined this company last year. He supervises his colleagues who work in Vietnam. Since both parties are communicating in Japanese rather than their native languages, he aims to take care with how he expresses himself. He'll tackle a roleplay challenge, in which he must help out a coworker who is struggling with their workload.

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More episodes from Season 1

• E1Communicating a sense of gratitude
• E2How to politely ask someone to repeat something
• E3Expressing an opinion concisely
• E4How to make explanations using photos and other materials
• E5Relaying messages
• E6Obtaining permission
• E7Making apologies
• E8Making suggestions
• E9Asking questions using keego
• E10Offering support
• E11Asking how to pronounce names
• E12Asking for clarification