Business Japanese Course for Beginners（All 15 Lessons）

You can master
business communications in Japanese

This course is a business Japanese language educational course for the foreigners thinking about working in Japan or in local Japanese companies. In order to work in Japan, clear business Japanese is required. Through this course, you can learn the useful business Japanese which helps you to build a good relationship with Japanese co-workers. By learning proper business Japanese, it helps you to master how to achieve good communication skills when working for a Japanese company.

What Will I Learn?

1. Be able to understand elementary business Japanese
2. Be able to have a conversation with simple business Japanese
3. Master clear Japanese pronunciation

Who is the target audience?

• Learners who understand English and whose native language is not Japanese
• Learners who have mastered JLPT N5 Japanese or finished elementary Japanese study
• Learners who want to study elementary business Japanese
• Learners who want to be proficient in conversational Japanese
• Students enrolled in a Japanese language school or majoring in Japanese in college
• International students coming to Japan
• Foreign employees of a Japanese company who need Japanese language training

Course content

Lesson 1
あいさつ
Greetings

Through studying this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

1. Learn the basic elements of Japanese pronunciation
2. Learn Japanese greetings　

Lesson 2
さようなら
Good Bye!

Through studying this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

1. Learn expressions of farewell.
2. Japanese accent

Lesson 3
しばらくでした
Long time no see!

Through studying this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

1. Learn expressions of reunion

Lesson 4
わたくしは、 トム・スミスです
I am Tom Smith.

Through studying this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

1. Be able to introduce yourself in Japanese

Lesson 5
あなたは学生ですか。
Are you a student?

Through studying this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

1. Be able to make interrogatory sentences and answer sentences
2. Learn the feature of subject omission

Lesson 6
あの人はだれですか
Who is that person?

Through studying this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

1. Learn how to make an interrogatory sentence using one of the interrogatives“だれ”.
2. Practice conversation

Lesson 7
あのかたはどなたですか。
Who is that person?

Through studying this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

1. Learn a polite way to ask a question.
2. Learn business hierarchy in a Japanese company
3. Practice conversation

Lesson 8
わたくしの車です
It is my car.

Through studying this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

1. Learn a sentence pattern that shows possession,
2. Learn demonstratives.
3. Practice conversation.

Lesson 9
田中さんは技師でした。
Mr. Tanaka was an engineer.

Through studying this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

1. Learn the past tense and past negative tense of “です”
2. Learn the conjugation of the copula “です”
3. Learn how to answer a negative question in Japanese
4. Practice conversation.e

Lesson 10
田中さんはいますか
Is Mr. Tanaka here?

Through studying this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

1. Learn how to use “います”.
2. Learn the conjugation of “ます-form”.
3. Practice the sentence pattern.

Lesson 11
会社はどこにありますか
Where is the company?

Through studying this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

1. Learn how to use “あります”.
2. Learn how to use the particle “も”.
3. Practice the sentence pattern.

Lesson 12
日本語を勉強しますか。
Do you study Japanese?

Through studying this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

1. Learn how to use “します”.
2. Practice conversation.
3. Practice the sentence pattern.

   Lesson 13
   電話番号は何番ですか。
   What is your telephone number?

   Through studying this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

   1. Learn how to read telephone number in Japanese.
   2. Practice conversation.

   Lesson 14
   スミスさんに電話してください
   Please give Ms. Smith a call.

   Through studying this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

   1. Learn Japanese request expressions
   2. Learn how to use Japanese adverbs
   3. Practice conversation.

   Lesson 15
   ABC商事です
   This is ABC business company./span>

   Through studying this lesson, you will be able to do the following:

   1. Learn how to speak during a phone call
   2. Learn how to use “中”
   3. Practice conversation.

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   In this beginner course, you will learn some simple business Japanese expressions and practice conversation!!