Tag: keigo
All the articles with the tag "keigo".
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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 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 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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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.
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Japanese Honorifics Chart: -san, -sama, -kun, -chan, and Beyond
A scannable Japanese honorifics chart — 12 suffixes at a glance, plus confusion-pair tables, a workplace decision matrix, anime-vs-real-life ratings, and the five mistakes non-natives make most often.
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Sonkeigo vs Kenjougo: The 3-Second 'Who's the Subject?' Test
Stuck on whether to say mairu or irassharu? A 3-step decision flow, 10 high-frequency verbs side by side, the uchi-soto inversion that breaks most learners, and 5 wrong-to-right fixes — everything you need to stop confusing sonkeigo and kenjougo at work.
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Best Way to Learn Keigo: A 90-Day, 3-Stage Roadmap
A 30-second self-diagnostic, a 90-day stage-by-stage plan, and a 6-method comparison for non-natives who know what keigo is but freeze when they need it at work.
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8 Keigo Mistakes Non-Natives Make — and Which to Fix First
Not all keigo mistakes are equal. We rank the 8 errors non-natives make most by severity (Tier 1–3), pair each with what to say instead, and show which mistakes are fatal with clients vs. forgivable with peers.