LESSON TRANSCRIPT

Beginner S6 #2
Impress Others with Your Formal
Japanese

CONTENTS
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8

INTRODUCTION
DIALOGUE
POST CONVERSATION BANTER
VOCAB LIST
VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE
LESSON FOCUS
OUTRO

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INTRODUCTION
Naomi:
Kat: Kat here! Beginner Series Season 6 , Lesson 2- Impress Others with Your Formal
Japanese. Hello. And welcome to JapanesePod101.com. We are studying modern
Japanese and a fun and the educational format.
Naomi: So brush up on a Japanese that youve started learning a long ago? Or start
learning today.
Kat: Thanks for being here with us for this lesson.
Kat: So, Naomi-sensei! What are we going to learn in this lesson?
Naomi: Useful expressions at job interviews!
Kat: Sounds useful. Good. This conversation takes place at...
Naomi:
Kat: A job interview. And who is this conversation between?
Naomi: .
Kat: Josh and an interviewer. Since it's a conversation at a job interview, you'll hear
formal Japanese.
Naomi:
Kat: Let's listen to the conversation.

DIALOGUE
knock-knock)

ALTALT

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ALTALT

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Kat: Please come in.

Kat: Excuse me.

:
Kat: My name is Joshua. I'm pleased to make your acquaintance.

Kat: Please be seated.

:
Kat: Ah, please sit down.

Kat: Ah, excuse me. Thank you.

ALTALT
Kat: So Joshua, you're an ALT. ... Hmm. This "ALT," what is it in Japanese?

Kat: It's an English teacher's assistant.

Kat: You're living in Gunma at the present time?

Kat: Yes. I'm doing a homestay.

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Kat: But I'm thinking that I would like to work in Tokyo from

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April.

Kat: So you'll move houses?

Kat: Yes.

POST CONVERSATION BANTER

Kat: Wow. Josh is pretty good in Japanese, isn't he?
Naomi:
Kat: (Laugh) You hate having a visitor like having interviews? Not get at them. I
suppose no one does, really, do they?
Naomi:
Kat: Personally I always get so nervous and as you may guess...talk too much
(Laugh). So it causes only me talking. By the way, is there anything that we should be
particularly careful of when having an interview in Japanese?
Naomi:

Kat: Ah... just like we're now doing!

Naomi:
Kat: is to cross one's legs. You're not supposed to cross your legs during the
interview, because it supposed too relaxed and sloppy, doesnt it.
Naomi:
Kat: is to cross one's arms...
Naomi: Yes. Like across the chest.
Kat: Ah...so you're not supposed to cross your arms over your chest. In Western
culture, that can come across in terms of a body language that can come across as
quite defensive or confrontational, but in Japan how does it look?
Naomi:
Kat: ...So you're saying it looks , which is little a bit hard to translate but
means something like "full of pride" or that you think you know everything.
Naomi:
Kat: Like I know everything!
Kat: Like you think you're a big-shot! Bigger than the interviewer.
Naomi: last but not least, do not tap your feet.

Kat: So its completely not going in an interview. I suppose It makes it look like you
can't wait to get out of there!
Naomi:

VOCAB LIST
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Kat: Ok. So now, let's take a look at the vocabulary for this lesson.
And the first word is:
Naomi: [natural native speed]
Kat: to sit
Naomi: [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Naomi: [natural native speed]
Kat: And next:
Naomi: [natural native speed]
Kat: to sit, to hang
Naomi: [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Naomi: [natural native speed]
Kat: And next:
Naomi: [natural native speed]
Kat: homestay, to stay with a host family
Naomi: [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Naomi: [natural native speed]
Kat: And next:
Naomi: [natural native speed]
Kat: to work
Naomi: [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Naomi: [natural native speed]
Kat: And next:
Naomi: [natural native speed]
Kat: moving, changing residence
Naomi: [slowly - broken down by syllable]
Naomi: [natural native speed]

VOCAB AND PHRASE USAGE

Kat: Alright. So now, let's have a closer look at the usage for some of the words and
phrases from this lesson.
And the first one we'll look at is...?
Naomi: such and

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such
Kat: Whats--- in Japanese? or, How do you say --- in Japanese?
Can we hear some sample sentences?
Naomi: ALT
Kat: "What's ALT in Japanese?" or "How do you say ALT in Japanese?"
Naomi: Key
Kat: "What's 'key' in Japanese?" or "How do you say 'key' in Japanese?"
You can use this sentence structure to ask for the translation of a word. Like...what is
something called in English?
Naomi: Such and such For example,

Kat: Whats SENSEI in English? Next, let's look at phrases you should definitely not
forget to say at the job interview!
Naomi: I think you are already familiar with these phrases. So let's review them with a
quiz.
Kat: Sounds good. Imagine that you're going to take an interview in Japan. So, you
knock on the door. (When you enter the room, what do you say?
Naomi: (pause)
Kat: is also OK, isn't it?
Naomi: Right.
Kat: Before the interview starts, you probably want to say "Please look favourably
upon me", or "I'm pleased to make your acquaintance"? What would you say for that?
Naomi: or
Kat: Then when the interview finishes, you thank the interviewer by saying...
Naomi:
Kat: And finally when you leave the room, you say...
Naomi: orI recommend that you bow to the
interviewer when saying those phrases.
Kat: There are different degrees of bowing in Japanese culture depending on the
situation as many of you may already know. Basically, the lower you bow, so a lower
angle, the more polite or formal verb comes.
Saying these phrases we've just introduced nice and clearly might help you to give a
good impression at the interview.
Naomi:

LESSON FOCUS
Kat: Now, the focus of this lesson is how to speak extra formally.
Naomi:
Kat: Right. Youll review how to give your name and how to request someone to do

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something in an extra formal or polite way.

Naomi:
Kat: So let's review with how to give your name extra formally.
Naomi: The sentence pattern is such and such
Kat: My name is such and such. In the dialogue, Josh dropped and said
Naomi:
Kat: My name is Joshua. If your name happens to be Angelina Jolie, you'd say...
Naomi: Angelina Jolie
Kat: OK, listeners, so now you try.
Naomi: your name
Kat: So now, say "My name is ..." in Japanese.
Kat: Next, we'll review an extra formal way to request someone to do something.
Naomi: The formation is honorific o- plus [ masu stem of a verb ] plus kudasai
Kat: So, to sit is ..
Naomi:
Kat: And the -masu form is..
Naomi:
Kat: Drop -masu to get the -masu stem
Naomi:
Kat: Add honorific o- in front
Naomi:
Kat: then add
Naomi:
Kat: "Please have a seat." Listeners, please repeat!
Naomi:
Kat: (pause)
Kat: Now there's one more word that means "to sit" or "to have a seat" isn't there?
Naomi: Yes! That's .
Kat: The -masu form of is?
Naomi:
Kat: And the -masu stem is?
Naomi:
Kat: Add to the front and attach at the end
Naomi:
Kat: Please have a seat, or please be seated. Listeners, repeat.
Naomi:
Kat: (pause) So say "Please have a seat" in Japanese.
Naomi: (pause) or
Kat: Alright. So I think we are about finish for this lesson.
Naomi: Please read the lesson

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OUTRO
knock-knock)

ALTALT

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