Answering the Phone at a Japanese Office | Slow Japanese Listening for Beginners (JLPT N5)

💡 Today's Question 💡 Which company was the first phone call Leo answered from? 🎬 Answering the Phone at a Japanese Office | Slow Japanese Listening for Beginners (JLPT N5) Learn Japanese with this slow and clear daily conversation. Perfect for beginners (JLPT N5) to practice listening and shadowing through a simple, relaxing story. In this episode, Leo starts answering the office phone for the first time. His coworker Misaki tells him a surprise: at Japanese companies, people don't say "moshi moshi." Leo takes a message from Suzuki at another company, learns how to write a phone memo, why people say "yon" and "nana" for phone numbers, and why you don't add "-san" to your own boss's name when talking to people outside the company. Then he makes his first callback. Everything is spoken slowly, with Japanese subtitles on screen and romaji + English captions (CC), so you can follow every word. 🔤 Rōmaji & English subtitles: turn on CC (字幕). 📝 Chapters 0:00 Intro & Today's Question (導入・問題) 0:49 Scene 1: No "Moshi Moshi" at Work (もしもしと いわない) 3:44 Scene 2: Leo's First Phone Call (はじめての でんわ) 6:39 Scene 3: Writing a Phone Message (でんごんメモ) 9:54 Scene 4: No "-san" for Your Boss (「さん」を つけない) 13:10 Scene 5: Calling Back (おりかえしの でんわ) 15:35 Scene 6: Answer Before the Third Ring (3かい なる まえに) 18:07 Vocabulary Review (今日のことばの復習) 18:48 Answer & Recap (回答・まとめ) 🗣️ You'll learn: ✅ How to answer a company phone: "Hai, Aozora desu." ✅ The set phrase "Itsumo osewa ni natte orimasu" ✅ How to say phone numbers clearly: 4 = "yon", 7 = "nana" ✅ Why you say "Tanaka wa..." (no "-san") to people outside your company 📖 Today's Words: 1. おせわに なって おります (osewa ni natte orimasu) — "thank you for your continued support" (business greeting) 2. しょうしょう おまちください (shōshō omachi kudasai) — "please wait a moment" (polite) 3. でんごん (dengon) — a message for someone else 4. おりかえし (orikaeshi) — calling back 📄 Free Study Guide (PDF): Download the full script (Japanese + romaji + English) with today's words — free: https://drive.google.com/drive/folder... 💡 Practice Tip: After watching, imagine the phone is ringing at your office. Try saying: "はい、あおぞらです。いつも おせわに なって おります。 / Hai, Aozora desu. Itsumo osewa ni natte orimasu." 🎧 Great for: ✔️ Japanese listening and shadowing practice ✔️ JLPT N5 beginners ✔️ Business Japanese basics ✔️ Slow & relaxing Japanese study 👉 Like, comment, and subscribe for more slow Japanese stories! #LearnJapanese #JapaneseForBeginners #SlowJapanese #JLPT #JLPTN5 #JapaneseListening #nihongo #日本語 #studyjapanese #japaneseconversation #shadowing #easyjapanese #businessjapanese #japanesephone #lifeinjapan