Vocabulary

Every word comes with furigana, romaji, and an original example sentence from real life in Japan.

22000 words

shutchou

N4

business trip

raishuu, oosaka e shutchou shimasu

I will go on a business trip to Osaka next week.

houkoku

N4

report

kekka o joushi ni houkoku shimasu

I will report the results to my boss.

💡 Part of 報連相 (hou-ren-sou): report, contact, consult.

soudan

N4

consultation / discussion

kyaria ni tsuite soudan shitai desu

I would like to discuss my career.

yakusoku

N4

promise / appointment

sanji ni yakusoku ga arimasu

I have an appointment at three.

annai

N4

guidance / information

atarashii shain ni ofisu o annai shimasu

I will show the new employee around the office.

shoukai

N4

introduction

jikoshoukai o onegai shimasu

Please introduce yourself.

💡 自己紹介 (self-introduction) opens almost every interview.

hitsuyou

N4

necessary

biza no koushin ga hitsuyou desu

A visa renewal is necessary.

taisetsu

N4

important / precious

houkoku to renraku wa taisetsu desu

Reporting and communication are important.

kantan

N4

easy / simple

kono mondai wa kantan ni naosemasu

This problem can be fixed easily.

benri

N4

convenient

kono apuri wa totemo benri desu

This app is very convenient.

otsukaresama desu

Work Japanese

Thank you for your work. (standard workplace greeting)

💡 Used as hello/goodbye between coworkers, in person and on Slack.

yoroshiku onegai itashimasu

Work Japanese

Thank you in advance. / Best regards.

💡 Closes almost every business email and request.

otesuki no sai ni gokakunin itadakemasu deshou ka

Work Japanese

Could you please check when you have time?

💡 Very polite request. Softer than ご確認お願いします。

shouchi shimashita

Work Japanese

Understood. (polite)

💡 Politer than 分かりました. Use with managers and clients.

shoushou omachi kudasai

Work Japanese

Please wait a moment.

osaki ni shitsurei shimasu

Work Japanese

Excuse me for leaving before you.

💡 Said when leaving the office while others are still working.

moushiwake gozaimasen

Work Japanese

I sincerely apologize.

💡 Formal apology, stronger than すみません.

gokakunin onegai shimasu

Work Japanese

Please check / confirm.

💡 Daily-use phrase for emails, chat, and documents.

kaigi o hajimemashou

Work Japanese

Let's start the meeting.

shiryou o kyouyuu shimasu

Work Japanese

I will share the materials.

💡 Common before screen-sharing in online meetings.

raishuu no yotei o oshiete itadakemasu ka

Work Japanese

Could you tell me next week's schedule?

nanika gofumeina ten wa arimasu ka

Work Japanese

Do you have any questions / unclear points?

💡 Standard closing line for presentations and explanations.

kentou sasete itadakimasu

Work Japanese

We will consider it.

💡 Polite, non-committal response. Often a soft "no".

osewa ni natte orimasu

Work Japanese

Thank you for your continued support.

💡 Standard opener for business emails to people outside your company.

hikitsuzuki yoroshiku onegai shimasu

Work Japanese

I look forward to your continued support.

💡 Used when a project continues to the next phase.

shimekiri wa itsu desu ka

Work Japanese

When is the deadline?

shinchoku wa ikaga desu ka

Work Japanese

How is the progress?

💡 進捗 (shinchoku) is the key word in status meetings.

mondai arimasen

Work Japanese

No problem.

tasukarimasu

Work Japanese

That helps a lot. / Thank you.

💡 Casual-polite thanks to coworkers who help you.

honjitsu wa arigatou gozaimashita

Work Japanese

Thank you for today.

💡 Said at the end of meetings and interviews.

PR o sakusei shimashita. rebyuu o onegai shimasu

IT Japanese

I created a PR. Please review it.

💡 The most common GitHub phrase in Japanese dev teams.

kono bagu o shuusei shimashita

IT Japanese

I fixed this bug.

💡 修正 (shuusei) = fix/correction, used constantly in commits.

depuroi ga kanryou shimashita

IT Japanese

The deploy is complete.

tesuto ga ochite imasu

IT Japanese

The tests are failing.

💡 落ちる (ochiru, to fall) is dev slang for failing tests/servers.

shiyou o kakunin sasete kudasai

IT Japanese

Let me confirm the specification.

💡 仕様 (shiyou) = spec. 仕様書 = spec document.

rookaru de wa saigen dekimasen deshita

IT Japanese

I could not reproduce it locally.

💡 再現 (saigen) = reproduce, key word in bug reports.

rebyuu komento o han'ei shimashita

IT Japanese

I addressed the review comments.

💡 反映 (han'ei) = reflect/apply changes.

maaji shite mo daijoubu desu ka

IT Japanese

Is it OK to merge?

honban kankyou de eraa ga hassei shite imasu

IT Japanese

An error is occurring in production.

💡 本番 (honban) = production. 検証環境 = staging.

rogu o kakunin shimasu

IT Japanese

I will check the logs.

kono jissou de mondai nai deshou ka

IT Japanese

Is there any problem with this implementation?

💡 実装 (jissou) = implementation.

ririisu wa kin'youbi no yotei desu

IT Japanese

The release is planned for Friday.

kankyou kouchiku de tsumazuite imasu

IT Japanese

I am stuck on environment setup.

💡 環境構築 (kankyou kouchiku) = setting up the dev environment.

dousa kakunin o onegai shimasu

IT Japanese

Please verify that it works.

💡 動作確認 (dousa kakunin) = checking behavior/QA testing.

asakai o hajimemasu

IT Japanese

Starting the morning standup.

💡 朝会 (asakai) = daily standup meeting.

tasuku no yuusen jun'i o oshiete kudasai

IT Japanese

Please tell me the task priorities.

💡 優先順位 (yuusen jun'i) = priority order.

shousai wa Slack ni kakimashita

IT Japanese

I wrote the details in Slack.

shougai taiou chuu desu

IT Japanese

I am handling an incident.

💡 障害 (shougai) = system failure/incident. 対応 = handling.

dokyumento o koushin shimashita

IT Japanese

I updated the documentation.

💡 更新 (koushin) = update.

rifakutaringu ga hitsuyou da to omoimasu

IT Japanese

I think refactoring is needed.

💡 〜だと思います softens technical opinions in code review.