Phase 4 · 10 min

Project and meeting vocabulary

要件定義 to 報連相

regular (standing) meeting
requirements definition
specification change
report, inform, consult (報連相)
progress
delivery deadline
man-hours / effort
issue / task
meeting minutes
approval
consideration / review
handling / response
confirmation
sharing (info)
release

報連相 (hourensou) is the core work habit: 報告 report results upward, 連絡 inform stakeholders of facts, 相談 consult before deciding. Japanese managers expect it early and often. Silence reads as a problem.

اردو

From Urdu

相談 (soudan) is مشورہ, but the expectation is stronger than in a Pakistani office: you consult BEFORE acting, not after. 報告 is رپورٹ, 連絡 is اطلاع. The order in a status update is result, cause, plan, then a request for مشورہ.

shiyouhenkou nitsuite, soudan sasetekudasai

I would like to consult you about the spec change.

させてください = 'please let me…' (humble request)

shinchoku o kyouyuu shimasu. youkenteigi wa kanryou shimashita

Progress update: requirements definition is complete.

nouki ni maniawanai kanousei ga arimasu

There is a possibility we will miss the deadline.

Soft warning. Say it early: this is 報告.

Check yourself

1 / 6

13 cards

Add them to spaced repetition

Cards in this lesson (13)

teireimīteingu

regular meeting

youkenteigi

requirements definition

shiyouhenkou

specification change

houkoku・renraku・soudan

report / inform / consult

shinchoku

progress

nouki

delivery deadline

kousuu

effort / man-hours

kadai

issue / task

gijiroku

meeting minutes

shounin

approval

kentou

consideration

taiou

handling / response

kyouyuu

sharing

Next lesson

Standing meeting dialogue

Go