Easy Japanese for Work — Season 1, Episode 5: Relaying messages

Episode synopsis

This time: relaying messages. Dong Quoc Dung works for a sports equipment manufacturer. He was transferred to the Japanese headquarters of his Vietnamese company in 2018. He designs fishing reels. From meetings to design checks, he uses only Japanese. One day it is hoped he will return to Vietnam and use his Japanese skill to communicate with HQ in Japan. By role-playing and receiving guidance from experts, he'll learn how to take messages accurately. Today's kanji is "okuru." And in After 5!, we visit a super sento.

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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
• E6Obtaining permission
• E7Making apologies
• E8Making suggestions
• E9Asking questions using keego
• E10Offering support
• E11Asking how to pronounce names
• E12Asking for clarification
• E13Answering phone calls for others