Lunchtime at a Japanese Office | Slow Japanese Listening for Beginners (JLPT N5)

💡 Today's Question 💡 What was the red thing in the middle of the rice in Misaki's bento? 🔤 Rōmaji & English subtitles: turn on CC (字幕). 🎬 Lunchtime 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, it's noon at the office, and Leo goes to the company cafeteria for the first time. He finds out the set meal is cheap and you pay with your employee ID card. At the table, Misaki opens her bento — the rice is cold, and there's a red umeboshi in the middle. After lunch, Leo learns why many people brush their teeth at work, and the next day he brings his very first homemade bento. Everything is spoken slowly, with Japanese subtitles on screen and romaji + English captions (CC), so you can follow every word. 📝 Chapters 0:00 Intro & Today's Question (導入・問題) 0:51 Scene 1: Noon at the Office (ひるやすみ) 3:27 Scene 2: The Company Cafeteria (しゃいんしょくどう) 6:09 Scene 3: Misaki's Bento (ミサキの おべんとう) 9:09 Scene 4: Returning the Tray (ごちそうさまでした) 11:54 Scene 5: After Lunch (はみがき) 14:34 Scene 6: Leo's First Bento (レオの おべんとう) 17:04 Vocabulary Review (今日のことばの復習) 17:39 Answer & Recap (回答・まとめ) 🗣️ You'll learn: ✅ How lunch break works at a Japanese company (12:00 to 1:00, everyone together) ✅ How to order in a company cafeteria: "Sakana no teishoku o kudasai." ✅ Why Japanese bento is usually eaten cold — and what umeboshi is ✅ Lunch habits at work: "Gochisōsama deshita," returning your tray, and brushing your teeth 📖 Today's Words: 1. しゃいんしょくどう (shain shokudō) — company cafeteria 2. しゃいんしょう (shainshō) — employee ID card 3. おかず (okazu) — side dishes (eaten with rice) 4. うめぼし (umeboshi) — pickled plum 📄 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 you are at a company cafeteria in Japan. Try saying: "ごはんは、ふつうで おねがいします。 / Gohan wa, futsū de onegai shimasu. / Regular size rice, please." 🎧 Great for: ✔️ Japanese listening and shadowing practice ✔️ JLPT N5 beginners ✔️ Daily conversation practice ✔️ 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 #lifeinjapan #bento #japaneseoffice