Culture and slang · Lesson 19

Workplace customs vary: 「報連相ほうれんそう」「飲のみ会かい」「有給ゆうきゅう」

お疲つかれさまです。資料しりょうの件けんで、ご報告ほうこくがあります。

Customs at many Japanese firms: 「お疲つかれさまです」, when to 「報連相ほうれんそう」, 「飲のみ会かい」 without drinking, asking for 「有給ゆうきゅう」, cards, seating. Rules vary by company.

Practise Paid

In this lesson

  1. 01Main dialogue: Friday evening
  2. 02「お疲つかれさまです」: the greeting at work
  3. 03「報連相ほうれんそう」: report, inform, consult
  4. 04「飲のみ会かい」: whether to go, and how to drink
  5. 05Time off, business cards and seating
  6. 06Easy misunderstandings

Practice

  • Match each expression to its meaning
  • What would you say?
  • Which one is appropriate?
  • True or false?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Put the dialogue in order

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