Phrase
手順説明(名刺交換)
- At first, bow and give them your card. [action]
You should use both hands. [advice - option]
Ref) At first -> Then -> Next -> After that -> Finally
- show you to the door(ドアまで案内する / 導く)
=> -lead- your client to the door.
=> show your client to the door.
注文
- I'd like to order some office suplies.
- We'd like to order …
- We want to order two of them.
=> I'll take two of them.
- Do you have -another- one?
=> Do you have a similar one?
- When will the other 5 boxes be in stock?
- to order : I'd like to order …(...を注文する)
- to make a decision : I'll take …(…にする)
Ref) I'll take it.(これにします)
- I'd like to charge that to the company account.(会社の口座(アカウント)で支払います)
提案
- Would it be possible to hire new staff?(新しいスタッフを雇用することは可能でしょうか?)
- OK, alternatively, what about lowering workload?(了解です。代わりに、仕事量を減らすのはどうですか?)
- From my experience …(私の経験から…)
≒ From what I can gather / see, you should …
- I was wondering if we could meet to discuss my salary.(私の給与に関して話せればと思います)
都合のよい時間を聞く
- When is your free time?
=> When are you free / available?
- How about …?
=> Is … okey?
- Does … work for you?
- How does … sound?
- Would you be available?
確認
- Is it true that …?
- Isn't it true that ...?
- Didn't I read that …? [document]
- If I remembered correctly ...?
- Would you mind …ing?
- Would it be possible to …?
- I was wondering if we could …?
- Could you get / have the windows fixed?(窓を修理してもらえますか?)【修理する人を呼ぶなど】
- Ref)Could you fix the window?(窓を修理できますか?)【その人自身が修理する】
マナー
- You shouldn't stick your chopsticks in your rice / bowl(ご飯やお椀に箸を突き立ててはいけない!)
- dos and don'ts(すること/しないこと)
- What should I wear?(何を着るべきですか?)
= How should I dress?
- Is there any etiquette I should be aware of during a business dinner?(ビジネスディナーの際に気をつけなければならないエチケットはありますか?)
- The other passengers would get upset.(他の乗客は動揺するだろう)
- quit smoking(喫煙をやめる)
仕事内容などの確認
- How many days should I work in a week?
- Can I take any day off?
- Can I choose where I work?
商品を勧める時など
- It comes with a 6 month guarantee.(6ヶ月の保証が付いている)
- I suggest …
- If I were you, I would go for / choose …
= If I were in your shoes, I would …
聞き返す
Casual
Formal
- Sorry?
- What was it?
- I didn't catch that.
Words
- sedentary(座っている、座りがちの、座ってする、座業の、移動しない、定着している、固着性の)
Ex) System engineer is a sedentary job.
- various(さまざまな、いろいろな、個々別々の、いくつかの、種々さまざまの、多数の、多方面の、多角的な、多才な)
- variable(変わりやすい、変化しやすい、移り気な、変えられる、変動できる、可変的な、変数の、不定の、変異する)
- on a single charge(一度の充電で)
Ex) The battery can last for one day on a single charge.
- incredibly(信じられないほど、非常に、信じられないことだが)
- stealth(こっそりすること、忍び)
Ex) I was being stealth. [invisible](私は忍びだった)
- alternatively(二者択一的に、代わりに、あるいは)
- canned tuna(ツナ缶)
- informed question = you know the answers already.(既に答えを知っている質問)
- organize(組織する、編成する、計画する)
- affordable(入手可能な)
- stick(突き刺す)
- flip((指先などで)(…を)はじく、 ぽんと打つ)
- sightseeing spots(名所旧跡)
- To run for the train(電車へ走る(駆け込み乗車))
Ex)It's dangerous to run for the train.
- jet lag(時差ボケ)
- commute by train(電車通勤)
- over-generalize(あまりに一般的な結論に達する)
= put everyone in the same box.
- on weekdays(平日に)
- get a pay rise(昇給する)
- frown on someone(誰かに眉をひそめる)
= look down on someone
From free talk / Useful phrases
- job description = job task
=> In recent years my job description has changed.
- take a day off
=> I take -holiday- on the 29th.
=> I take a day off on the 29th.
- I was surprised that credit card were most convenient but customer service was worse.
(クレジットカードはとても便利なのに、カスタマーサービスは最悪だったことに驚いている)
- Flipped between channels.(チャンネルを変えていく(廻す))
- Sometimes, I bite more than one can chew.
= take too much work
- I wish I could fly.(飛べたらいいな(飛べない))
- I hope I can go Italy.(イタリアに行けたらいいな(行ける))