Team meetings at work: Asking someone to repeat or clarify a point

💬 Time words like 来週 don't need a particle after them; you just say them at the start. Same with 今日 "today" and 明日 "tomorrow."

💬 来週 (raishū) "next week" links to the day with の, like English "next week's Friday." Swap in 今週 (konshū) "this week" for this week's Friday.

💬 まで means "until" or "by," marking the end point. It works with dates too: いつまでですか "By when is it?"

💬 午後 (gogo) "afternoon, p.m." goes before the number, the opposite of English. Morning times use 午前 (gozen): 午前十時 "10 am".

🇯🇵 This is the standard polite "understood" at work, said to bosses and colleagues alike after receiving instructions. Avoid the casual わかった with anyone senior.

💬 あったら is ある "to exist, happen" changed to mean "if it happens." The same ending works on other verbs: 時間があったら "if you have time".

💬 The ね at the end makes the request warm and friendly, roughly "okay?" Without it, 聞いてください sounds more like a plain instruction.

🇯🇵 A senior colleague says this to close a clarification chat, signaling that more questions are welcome. Taking them up on it is fine; it's a genuine offer, not just politeness.

🇯🇵 Common at work as a thank-you that stresses how much someone's help mattered, warmer than a bare ありがとうございます. Many people say both together.

🇯🇵 Said when leaving someone's desk, a meeting room, or the office, and also when entering a room. Literally "I'll be rude," it acknowledges that you're interrupting or leaving.