60 Minutes of Business Japanese for Your First Job in Japan 🇯🇵 | One Full Working Day | N5-N4

What is a real working day in Japan like? 🏢 Follow Lin, a young engineer from Vietnam on a 6-month assignment in Tokyo, and her senior colleague Sato through ONE full day: from natto breakfast at the company dorm, the morning rush, business cards and client visits, to an earthquake alert at night. 30 connected conversations at N5-N4 level, with the polite business Japanese (keigo) you'll actually need at work. ✅ One continuous story: 6:45 AM → 10:30 PM, every scene connected ✅ Essential workplace Japanese: お疲れさまです, 承知しました, お世話になっております, お先に失礼します ✅ Real office culture: delay certificates, business card etiquette, seating order, hanko approvals, expense reports ✅ Life skills for newcomers: drugstores, half-price stickers, redelivery, dorm bath rules, earthquake safety ✅ Perfect for anyone planning to work, intern or study in Japan 📚 WHAT YOU'LL PRACTICE [6:45] Breakfast at the company dorm (first natto!) — 社員寮の朝ごはん [7:20] Checking work clothes after Cool Biz — 出勤前の服装チェック [7:50] Crowded train manners — 満員電車のマナー [8:15] Train delay & delay certificate — 電車の遅延と遅延証明書 [8:45] Forgot my employee ID! — 社員証を忘れた！ [9:00] One-minute speech at the morning meeting — 朝礼で一分間スピーチ [9:30] Business card exchange practice — 名刺交換の練習 [10:00] Writing internal emails — 社内メールの書き方 [10:30] Taking a call & leaving a message — 電話の取り次ぎと伝言メモ [11:00] Booking & preparing a meeting room — 会議室の予約と準備 [11:30] Guiding clients & seating order — お客様の案内と上座 [12:00] Company cafeteria lunch — 社員食堂の日替わり定食 [12:40] Lunch break chat: keigo troubles — 昼休みの雑談：敬語の悩み [13:00] Sending registered mail — 郵便局で書留を送る [13:40] Choosing a gift for a client — 取引先への手土産選び [14:30] At the client's reception desk — 取引先の受付で [15:30] Reviewing the meeting on the train — 帰りの電車で振り返り [16:00] Receipts & expense reports — 領収書と経費精算 [16:30] Approval forms & the hanko relay — 稟議書とハンコリレー [17:00] Getting a translation task — 翻訳の仕事を頼まれる [17:20] Requesting paid leave — 有給休暇の申請 [18:00] Leaving on time: お先に失礼します — 「お先に失礼します」 [18:40] Buying medicine at a drugstore — ドラッグストアで風邪薬 [19:10] Half-price stickers at the supermarket — 閉店前の半額シール [19:40] Missed delivery & redelivery — 不在票と再配達 [20:30] Dorm shared bath rules — 寮の大浴場のルール [21:00] Kanji study in the common room — 談話室で漢字の勉強 [21:40] Night earthquake early warning — 夜の緊急地震速報 [21:50] Checking the emergency bag — 防災バッグの確認 [22:30] Looking back on the day — 一日の振り返り 🎧 HOW TO USE THIS VIDEO 1. Relax — listen once like a story, following Lin's day from morning to night. 2. Focus — replay and catch the key work phrases in each scene. 3. Shadow — repeat Lin's polite lines out loud; they're the ones you'll use at work. 4. Target weak spots — rewatch the office scenes (11:00–17:00) before your first day. 👤 WHO IS THIS FOR • Learners at JLPT N5 moving toward N4 • Technical interns, engineers and new employees starting work in Japan • Anyone curious about real Japanese office culture • Learners who want to hear both casual and polite Japanese in context 📺 ALSO WATCH • Everyday Moments in Japan — 30 daily-life conversations (JP189) • Tokyo Travel Experiences — 30 trip conversations (JP190) • Office Life in Japan — meetings, keigo and teamwork • Fresh Off the Plane: First Weeks in Japan #LearnJapanese #BusinessJapanese #JapaneseListening #JLPTn5 #JLPTn4 #JapaneseForBeginners #WorkInJapan #JapaneseConversation #日本語 #日本語学習 #ビジネス日本語 #日本語会話 #JLPT #リスニング #MoveToJapan #JapaneseImmersion #ShadowingJapanese #StudyJapanese