Easy Japanese for Work — Season 1, Episode 42: Fielding an urgent request on the phone

Episode synopsis

Today: fielding an urgent request on the phone. Dong Van Huu, from Vietnam, designs blueprints at an architecture company. He first became interested in Japanese architecture as a college student in Vietnam. In 2015, he came to Japan as a technical intern. Now, he works at the company where he formerly interned. His desire to improve means overcoming challenges including unfamiliar terms and detailed measurements. In a roleplay challenge, he deals with an urgent request on the phone about blueprints that are missing key information.

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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