Posts
All the articles I've posted.
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How to Apologize to Your Boss in Japanese: 8 Scenarios with Email Templates
Stop over-formalizing apologies to your own manager. 8 boss scenarios, the hou-ren-sou report-recovery flow, channel-by-channel wording, and 3 paste-ready email templates.
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How to Refuse Politely in Japanese: 8 Scenarios and How to Spot a Soft No
Stop guessing how to say no without causing offense. 8 refusal scenarios × 3 politeness tiers, paste-ready decline emails, and how to read a soft Japanese no.
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Japanese Workplace Mistakes Foreigners Make: From Day 1 to Year 3
The mistakes you make because you're a foreigner — the gaijin-pass myth, over-assimilation, and the career-trajectory blind spots that bite at one to three years, not just on day one.
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Japanese Phone Call Phrases: Scripts for 6 Scenes from Moshi Moshi to Hang-Up
Japanese phone call phrases at A/B/C politeness levels — answering, transfers, holds, messages, and callbacks — plus two worked dialogues and a printable script.
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Business Japanese: A Complete Map of the 6 Areas (+ 90-Day Roadmap)
A map of business Japanese for foreign professionals — the 6 areas to master, a 30-second self-check, the 80/20 starter phrases, and a 90-day learning roadmap that routes you to the right deep dive.
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Japanese Business Etiquette: 9 Rituals and the Exact Words for Each
The 9 rituals of Japanese business etiquette — bowing, business cards, meetings, dining, and more — each ranked by what's at stake, with the exact phrase to say.
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Japanese Business Phrases: What to Learn First, by Use Case
Stuck on where to start with Japanese business phrases? A use-case map: the 20 to learn first, plus the right phrase for greetings, email, meetings, and more.
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Working in Japan as a Foreigner: Culture, Language, and Your First 90 Days
What working in Japan as a foreigner is really like in 2026 — the visa and language basics, the work culture that trips people up, and a Day-1 phrase kit to earn goodwill fast.
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Common Japanese Business Mistakes: What to Avoid in Your First 90 Days
A tiered, severity-ranked guide to the language, etiquette, and culture mistakes foreign hires make in their first three months at Japanese companies — with one-line recovery scripts for each.
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How to Say Sorry in Japanese Politely: 8 Scenarios with Email Templates
Stop guessing between gomen and mōshiwake gozaimasen. 8 apology scenarios × 3 politeness tiers, a 5-axis severity score, and 4 paste-ready email templates.