Job interview: Motivation for applying

💬 [は] here is written [は] but said (wa): [本日は] is (honjitsu-wa). This word is a more formal way to say [今日は], so it fits speeches, business, and interviews.

💬 [お〜いただき] is a very polite pattern for "thank you for doing ..." or "receiving the favor of ...": [お越しいただき] means "for coming" in respectful business Japanese. You can reuse it with other actions too, like [お時間をいただき] for "for giving me your time."

🇯🇵 This is a very standard formal opening in interviews, meetings, and customer-facing situations. As the host or interviewer, saying this helps set a polite professional tone right away.

💬 [ありがとうございます] is the polite form built from [ありがとう] + [ございます], so it sounds more formal than plain [ありがとう]. In interviews and workplace situations, use this full polite version.

💬 [よろしく] often doesn't translate neatly word-for-word; in [よろしくお願いします], it means something like "please look on me favorably" or "I hope we can work well together." You'll also hear it in many set phrases, so learn it as a flexible social word rather than a literal one.

💬 [お願いします] is the polite form of "I ask/request," but in real Japanese it covers a lot of English ideas: "please," "I'd like...," or part of set phrases like [よろしくお願いします]. It's very common in service and business situations because it sounds direct but still polite.

🇯🇵 This is one of the most common polite set phrases in Japan, used at introductions, before working together, and when asking for someone's goodwill. In an interview, it often comes at the beginning or end rather than being translated literally.

💬 Use [に] after a company with [応募する]: [会社に応募する] = "apply to a company." The same pattern works with other targets too, like [大学に応募する] if the context is applications.