Easy Japanese for Work — Season 1, Episode 6: Obtaining permission

Episode synopsis

This time: obtaining permission. Tran Van Vuong from Vietnam designs fishing rods at a sports equipment manufacturer. Since transferring to the Japanese headquarters of his company in 2018, Vuong-san has become a popular member of staff. However, when asking for permission, he tends to use daijoobu, when yoroshii would be more appropriate. Vuong-san will tackle a workplace roleplay and learn how to ask for permission. Today's kanji is "sakini." 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
• E5Relaying messages
• E7Making apologies
• E8Making suggestions
• E9Asking questions using keego
• E10Offering support
• E11Asking how to pronounce names
• E12Asking for clarification
• E13Answering phone calls for others