Short, polite phrases help colleagues share the information they need. Read the examples and adapt them to your own workplace.

The idea

After はじめまして, give your name with です. Use 受付の担当です to name a responsibility, then explain a regular duty with a polite ます verb. よろしくお願いします closes the introduction and expresses a wish for good cooperation.

Patterns to compare
JapaneseMeaning
私わたしは受付うけつけの担当たんとうです。I am responsible for reception.
私わたしは電話でんわに出でます。I answer the phone.
今日きょうから一緒いっしょに働はたらきます。We will work together starting today.

Examples

  • はじめまして、山田やまだです。Nice to meet you. I’m Yamada.
  • 私わたしは受付うけつけの担当たんとうです。I am responsible for reception.
  • 私わたしは電話でんわに出でます。I answer the phone.
  • 田中たなかさんは荷物にもつを運はこびます。Tanaka carries the packages.
  • 今日きょうから一緒いっしょに働はたらきます。We will work together starting today.
  • どうぞよろしくお願ねがいします。I look forward to working with you.

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Watch out

は marks the topic and is pronounced wa here. 受付の担当 names a responsibility, not the location of the reception desk; 電話に出る means answering a call.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the answer that completes the sentence: 私わたし＿受付うけつけの担当たんとうです。（は／を）

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    は

    は marks the topic.

  2. Choose the answer that completes the sentence: 私わたしは電話でんわ＿出でます。（に／を）

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    に

    電話に出る uses に for answering the phone.

  3. Choose the answer that completes the sentence: 受付うけつけの＿です。（担当たんとう／休憩きゅうけい）

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    担当

    担当 identifies the person responsible for a task.

Use it today

Practise these lines aloud with a colleague: はじめまして、山田やまだです。 私わたしは受付うけつけの担当たんとうです。 Replace one detail to fit your own situation.