Calling in Sick in Japan | Slow Japanese Listening for Beginners (JLPT N5)

💡 Today's Question 💡 What was Leo's temperature? 🎬 Calling in Sick in Japan | 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 wakes up with a fever and calls his manager to take the day off, then visits a clinic and gets a prescription. At the office, Misaki and a senior coworker take over his work, and in the evening Misaki stops by Leo's door with jelly and a sports drink. Everything is spoken slowly, with Japanese + romaji + English subtitles, so you can follow every word. 📝 Chapters 0:00 Intro & Today's Question (導入・問題) 0:48 Scene 1: Calling the Boss (かいしゃに でんわ) 4:20 Scene 2: Clinic Reception (うけつけ) 7:23 Scene 3: Seeing the Doctor (しんさつ) 10:29 Scene 4: Covering for a Coworker (ひきつぎ) 13:19 Scene 5: A Get-Well Visit (げんかんで) 17:11 Vocabulary Review (今日のことばの復習) 17:41 Answer & Recap (回答・まとめ) 🗣️ You'll learn: ✅ How to call in sick: "Sumimasen. Kyō wa kaisha o yasumimasu." (Sorry. I'm taking today off work.) ✅ How to say you have a fever: "Netsu ga arimasu." ✅ What "Odaiji ni" means and when to say it ✅ What a prescription (shohōsen) is and where you take it ✅ How Japanese coworkers say "Otagaisama" when they cover for each other 📖 Today's Words: 1. おだいじに (odaiji ni) — Take care (said to a sick person) 2. ひきつぎ (hikitsugi) — handover (taking over someone's work) 3. おたがいさま (otagaisama) — we help each other / no need to apologize 4. しょほうせん (shohōsen) — prescription (the paper the doctor gives you) 📄 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 calling your boss because you have a fever. Try saying: "すみません。きょうは、かいしゃを やすみます。 / Sumimasen. Kyō wa kaisha o yasumimasu. / Sorry. I'm taking today off work." 🎧 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 #sickday #japanesework