Japanese Conversation -- Business Edition

Author: (Japan) Motozuru Makoto, (Japan) Hosoya Yu, translated by Guo Zhihong
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: A brand-new Japanese conversation textbook, specifically designed for the characteristics and needs of business Japanese learners. It selects typical scenarios in business activities and teaches response techniques at business negotiation tables. Accompanied by audio tapes, featuring authentic Japanese pronunciation by professional announcers, guiding you into the real business world. Additionally, "Japanese Conversation Basic Volume 1 & 2" and "Japanese Conversation Skills" help learners further improve their practical application abilities. "Japanese Conversation Business Volume" includes various typical conversation scenarios between colleagues and clients during a businessperson's daily activities. Of course, due to space limitations, only a small portion of the business conversation world can be listed here. Regarding the core content of business, such as advancing negotiations, bargaining, negotiations, handling complaints, and exchanging contracts, individual case analyses like "How to speak in this situation" should be provided, as these core issues contain the essence of business conversations. However, they cannot be fully reflected in this book. Therefore, it is more appropriate to view "Japanese Conversation Business Volume" as an introductory textbook for business conversations. Moreover, the content of "Japanese Conversation Business Volume" not only includes business vocabulary but also encompasses broader foundational knowledge for formal conversations. In fact, my students who graduated from Japanese language schools and Japanese universities, and have worked in Japanese companies for many years, told me they "cannot speak authentic and formal Japanese." Although they have no problems in daily conversations, they seem to encounter similar issues after securing employment in Japanese companies. This book consists of two parts: Part 1 includes basic business Japanese conversations such as greetings, addressing, instructions, requests, apologies, justifications, conversations, suggestions, and reception; the second part includes content such as advancing, refusing, urging, and protesting that appears in business activities.