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Speaking up in a meeting
Contribute to a meeting: state a view, question one, and buy yourself time.
Paid or MemberIntermediate18 min
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The situation
A regular team meeting conducted in Japanese, where you understand most of it but have not yet spoken.
In this lesson
- Introduce an opinion with the expected softening
- Disagree without causing loss of face
- Ask for time to check before committing
- Close your contribution cleanly
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Takeaway
Acknowledge, then add. Disagreement framed as an additional view is heard as contribution rather than conflict.