keigo

First Day as an Engineer — The project manager

Situation

Where
The office, first morning
Who
You (new engineer) and the project manager
Goal
To introduce yourself and get set up on your first day.

Conversation

A

honjitsukara osewaninarimasu, tanakatomoushimasu. yoroshikuonegaiitashimasu.

I'm joining from today, I'm Tanaka. I look forward to working with you.

B

kochirakoso. mazuhakaihatsukankyounosettoappukaraonegaishimasu.

Likewise. First, please start by setting up your development environment.

A

shouchishimashita. kanrigamennoripojitorihadokoniarimasuka.

Understood. Where is the repository for the admin panel?

B

kyouyuudokyumentonimatometearimasu. wakaranakerebanandemokiitekudasai.

It's all in the shared docs. If anything's unclear, just ask.

A

arigatougozaimasu. hayakusenryokuninareruyouganbarimasu.

Thank you. I'll do my best to contribute quickly.

Vocabulary

kaihatsukankyou

development environment

Your local setup for writing and running code.

settoappu

setup

Getting tools and the project ready to run.

ripojitori

repository

Where the project source code is stored.

kyouyuudokyumento

shared documentation

Team docs everyone can read.

senryoku

contributor / asset

戦力になる = to become useful to the team.

shouchishimashita

understood

Polite acknowledgement, good with seniors.

Grammar

Name + と申します

Humble self-introduction, politer than 〜です.

Noun + から

Marks a starting point: セットアップから = "starting from setup."

Cultural Notes

First-day greetings

Use full keigo (お世話になります、申します) on your first day to set a respectful first impression.

Asking questions

Saying you will ask when unsure is encouraged — silent confusion is the bigger problem.

Quiz

What does "開発環境" mean?

What does "セットアップ" mean?

What does "リポジトリ" mean?

What does "共有ドキュメント" mean?

What does "戦力" mean?

What does "承知しました" mean?