Tl;dr – I speak business Japanese to some extent, but haven’t used it in a couple years unfortunately. Unexpected meeting tomorrow where I would like to not be fully blocked and remember vocabulary, partcularly some normal verbs for conversation etc (grammar is not a problem).
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Any good resource? Maybe a Youtube channel with business Japanese or so?
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You could probably search up a few business keywords on YouTube or search up some news reports, as well as watch an episode or two of a corporate Jdrama/adult character featured anime (wotakoi maybe?).
If we asked your mother when you did your school projects as a child would she tell us it was the evening before they were due?
What on earth are you expecting to do now that’s going to erase two years of neglect in just a few hours?
Go to Italki, get a native tutor (they’re really cheap) and just talk to them for an hour or two. With so little time, the only thing you can do is shake the rust off with some practical refreshers.
If your company deals with Japanese clients often, I can’t imagine they don’t have access to an interpreter. Please ask your boss about this.
You have to put yourself in your Japanese associates’ shoes. If you were a very busy business person would you want to deal with someone who couldn’t speak your language? For now, please get an interpreter and spare yourself and yourself and your Japanese business partner(s) this.
You can brush up on Japanese later.
Damn people are being hella rude to you for no reason. If you speak a language at a high level, it doesn’t just disappear after two years. I would recommend looking up Japanese interview prep video on Youtube. There are lots geared towards college kids. Then spend a little bit of time talking to yourself about your company/ the subject of the meeting to clear out cobwebs
How did the meeting go