Vocabulary

出張 is work that travels — a business trip. 来週大阪に出張します: next week the office moves to Osaka for a few days.

報告 is reporting upward — telling your manager what happened and how it went. News travels up in a 報告, sideways in a 連絡, and turns into a discussion in a 相談.

相談 is bringing a problem to someone before deciding — “can I get your thoughts?” It is advice-seeking, not confession. 上司に相談します is the safe move in any Japanese workplace.

Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “promise” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 約束 to that exact scene.

案内 is guiding someone who does not know the way — showing a visitor around the office, or the station signs that point you to the right exit.

紹介 is a bridge between people — introducing a friend, a candidate, or yourself. 自己紹介, the self-introduction, opens almost every Japanese meeting.

Picture the last situation where you needed the idea of “necessary” — at work, at the station, online — and attach 必要 to that exact scene.

Say 大切 out loud inside a short sentence about your day. Linking it to “important” in your own words builds the memory faster than rereading it.

簡単 means simple enough to do without breaking a sweat — the opposite of a task that needs a manual.

便利 is anything that removes friction from your day — the convenience store, an IC card, a good app. Daily life in Japan runs on 便利.