Business Japanese: 60 High-Frequency Workplace Phrases

Browse 60 practical Business Japanese sentences for joining a workplace, confirming tasks, and asking for clarification, with reviewed furigana, natural English translations, and usage notes. The complete OCAT collection contains 400 sentences across 16 common work situations.

Business Japanese is not simply a stack of honorific formulas. Misunderstandings are prevented more effectively when you state the purpose, scope, deadline, completion criteria, and your own understanding clearly, while choosing a tone that fits a colleague, manager, or client.

This page publishes the first 60 sentences from the full collection: entering a workplace and handling everyday communication, receiving and confirming tasks, then asking for clarification and correcting misunderstandings. Every sentence retains reviewed furigana, a natural English translation, and a usage note that is genuinely useful.

400 Business Japanese Sentences

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1. Joining the workplace and everyday communication

25 phrases

Use these expressions when joining a company, introducing yourself, making small talk, and reporting your attendance status.

2. Receiving instructions and confirming a task

25 phrases

Confirm scope, deliverables, priority, and completion criteria when a task is assigned to reduce avoidable rework.

3. Asking for clarification, restating, and correcting

10 phrases

When something was unclear or your understanding differs, a prompt confirmation is more professional than a vague agreement.

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