Phase 4 · 8 min

Standing meeting dialogue

A real 定例 exchange

A data scientist reports to a project lead in a weekly standing meeting. Read it aloud with the speaker, then shadow it.

deha, teirei mīteingu o hajimemasu. yamada san, shinchoku o onegaishimasu

Lead: Let's start the standing meeting. Yamada-san, your progress please.

hai. ijoukenchi moderu no seidokenshou ga kanryou shimashita. efuwan sukoa wa reitenhachinana desu

Yamada: Yes. Accuracy validation of the anomaly detection model is complete. F1 is 0.87.

mokuhyou wa reitenkyuu deshita yone. gen'in wa nan desuka

Lead: The target was 0.9, right? What's the cause?

gakushuu dēta ni kessonchi ga ooku, maeshori o minaosu hitsuyou ga arimasu. tokuchouryou enjiniaringu de kaizen dekiru to kangaeteimasu

Yamada: There are many missing values in the training data, and the preprocessing needs review. I believe feature engineering can improve it.

shouchi shimashita. kousuu wa donokurai desuka

Lead: Understood. How much effort?

mikka hodo desu. shiyouhenkou ga hitsuyou ni nareba, sugu gosoudan shimasu

Yamada: About three days. If a spec change becomes necessary, I will consult you right away.

onegaishimasu. gijiroku wa atode kyouyuu shitekudasai

Lead: Please do. Share the minutes later.

Notice the pattern: result → cause → plan → effort estimate → promise to 相談. That order is what a Japanese lead expects.

Check yourself

1 / 6

7 cards

Add them to spaced repetition

Cards in this lesson (7)

kanryou shimashita

is complete

gen'in wa nan desuka

What is the cause?

minaosu

to review / revise

kaizen

improvement

hitsuyou ga arimasu

it is necessary to …

donokuraidesuka

how much / how long?

gosoudan shimasu

I will consult you (humble)

Next lesson

Greetings and daily phrases

Go