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PART 1 · LESSON 1 OF 30 · 33 MINUTES Free

The Morning Meeting

Monday the second of October, twenty twenty-eight, twenty to nine, the seventh floor of Tsubame Travel's head office in Osaka. Mister Okada meets Ben at the lift with a hundred business cards, the international department stands up for the morning meeting, and Ben introduces himself to twenty people, Toronto, three years in Tokyo, a wife from Kyoto, fishing. Then his senior, Miss Nishimura, who tells him he bows too fast, and the first rule of the first day, a card to every desk, with both hands. Learn the self-introduction of a first day in a Japanese company (sannen kan, Toukyou de, eigo o oshiete orimashita; isshoukenmei ganbarimasu node, goshidou yoroshiku onegai itashimasu), to announce a new team for the record (kyou kara, kokusaibu ni, atarashii chiimu ga dekimasu), to offer help (wakaranai koto wa, nandemo kiite kudasai) and the card round (kokusaibu no Ben to moushimasu). The first lesson of Advanced Level 1.

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Lesson 1 · The Morning Meeting

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Monday, the second of October, twenty twenty-eight. Twenty to nine, the seventh floor of Tsubame Travel's head office, near Osaka station. Ben took the ten past seven train from Kyoto in his suit, and the lift doors open on Mister Okada himself, with a box of a hundred business cards still warm from the printer. At a quarter to nine the whole international department stands up for the morning meeting, and the new leader of the team for customers from abroad has to say who he is. Then his senior, Miss Nishimura, and the first rule of the first day. This is the conversation you'll be able to say by the end of the lesson.

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ベン くん！ よう きた、 よう きた！ ほら、 めいし や。 ひゃくまい ある で。Ben-kun! yō kita, yō kita! hora, meishi ya. hyakumai aru deYoung Ben! Good of you to come! Here, your business cards. There are a hundred.
ちょうれいchōreithe morning meeting
きょう から、 こくさいぶ に、 あたらしい チーム が できます。kyō kara, kokusaibu ni, atarashii chīmu ga dekimasuFrom today, the international department has a new team.
おしえて おりましたoshiete orimashitataught, humbly
さんねん かんsannen kanfor three years
さんねん かん、 とうきょう で、 えいご を おしえて おりました。sannen kan, Tōkyō de, eigo o oshiete orimashitaFor three years, I taught English in Tokyo.
つま は、 きょうと の ひと です。tsuma wa, Kyōto no hito desuMy wife is from Kyoto.
しゅみ は、 つり です。shumi wa, tsuri desuMy hobby is fishing.
つり か！ ええ なあ！tsuri ka! ē nāFishing, is it! Nice!
ごしどうgoshidōguidance, raised with the polite go
ごしどう よろしく おねがい いたしますgoshidō yoroshiku onegai itashimasuplease guide me, word for word, your guidance, I humbly ask for
いっしょうけんめい がんばります のでisshōkenmei ganbarimasu nodeI'll do my very best, so
いっしょうけんめい がんばります ので、 ごしどう よろしく おねがい いたします。isshōkenmei ganbarimasu node, goshidō yoroshiku onegai itashimasuI'll do my very best, so please guide me.
みなさま、 どうぞ よろしく おねがい いたします。minasama, dōzo yoroshiku onegai itashimasuEveryone, I look forward to working with you.
にしむら、 たのむ で。 ベン くん、 わからん こと は、 ぜんぶ にしむら に きいたら ええ。Nishimura, tanomu de. Ben-kun, wakaran koto wa, zenbu Nishimura ni kiitara ēNishimura, he's yours. Young Ben, anything you don't know, just ask Nishimura.
はやすぎますhayasugimasutoo fast, politely
ベン さん、 おじぎ が、 はやすぎます。Ben-san, ojigi ga, hayasugimasuBen, you bow too fast.
わからない こと は、 なんでも きいて ください。wakaranai koto wa, nandemo kiite kudasaiAnything you don't know, ask me.
いちまい ずつichimai zutsuone each, of flat things
いただいて きて くださいitadaite kite kudasaiplease bring back, humbly
ぜんぶ の つくえ に、 いちまい ずつ。 りょうて で。zenbu no tsukue ni, ichimai zutsu. ryōte deOne to every desk. With both hands.
こくさいぶ の ベン と もうします。kokusaibu no Ben to mōshimasuI'm Ben, of the international department.
おはよう さんohayō sanOsaka's good morning
おはよう さん！ となり の はまだ や。 よろしく な。ohayō san! tonari no Hamada ya. yoroshiku naMorning! Hamada, from the next desk. Nice to meet you.
それ から、 この しょるい に、 はんこ を おねがい します。sore kara, kono shorui ni, hanko o onegai shimasuAnd then, your stamp on these forms, please.
にじゅうまいnijūmaitwenty, of flat things
わたしたwatashitahanded over
よんかいめyonkaimethe fourth time
おおさか の ひと は、 みんな そう だ よ。Ōsaka no hito wa, minna sō da yoOsaka people are all like that.
とおったtōttapassed by
かぎ、 ふたつ ある の ね。 ひとつ は、 おかあさん が もって おく ね。kagi, futatsu aru no ne. hitotsu wa, okāsan ga motte oku neTwo keys, I see. I'll keep one.
ベン さん、 おきゃくさま です。 おちゃ を、 おねがい します。Ben-san, okyakusama desu. ocha o, onegai shimasuBen, a visitor. The tea, please.