Keigo at work · Lesson 13

Business emails 1: structure, openings, closings

いつもお世話せわになっております。さくら商事しょうじ営業部えいぎょうぶのチェンでございます。

Business emails the usual Japanese way: the seven parts, how to write the addressee and 「御中おんちゅう」, set openings and closings, in-house vs external.

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In this lesson

  1. 01Main dialogue: the kachō helps with a draft email
  2. 02The seven parts of an email
  3. 03Writing the subject line and the addressee
  4. 04Openings, closings, and in-house vs external

Practice

  • Match the parts of an email to their jobs
  • Which one is appropriate?
  • Choose the phrase for each blank
  • Where is this mainly used?
  • Change to email language
  • Put the pieces in order

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