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Scene illustrating a Japanese-language caregiver job interview conversation

Key Phrases

来てくれてありがとう。

ki te kure te arigatou

Thank you for coming.

介護の仕事の経験はありますか。

kaigo no shigoto no keiken wa ari masu ka

Do you have caregiving work experience?

食事や入浴の介助をしました。

shokuji ya nyuuyoku no kaijo o shi mashi ta

I assisted with meals and bathing.

Skills You'll Learn

Use polite greetings and interview expressions.

ていねいなあいさつや面接の表現を使う。

teinei na aisatsu ya mensetsu no hyougen o tsukau

Talk about caregiving work experience clearly.

介護の仕事の経験についてわかりやすく話す。

kaigo no shigoto no keiken ni tsui te wakari yasuku hanasu

Describe support for elderly people, including dementia care, in a warm and polite way.

認知症の方への対応をふくめて、あたたかくていねいに説明する。

ninchi shou no hou e no taiou o fukume te atatakaku teinei ni setsumei suru

Lesson Roleplay

Imagine you are in a job interview in Japan for a caregiving position. The interviewer asks about your experience at a nursing home, the tasks you handled like helping with meals and bathing, how you support people with dementia, and whether you can communicate politely with residents’ family members.

こんにちは。今日は面接に来てくれてありがとう。

konnichiwa kyou wa mensetsu ni ki te kure te arigatou

Hello. Thank you for coming to the interview today.

こんにちは。よろしくお願いします。

konnichiwa yoroshiku o negai shi masu

Hello. Nice to meet you.

介護の仕事の経験はありますか。

kaigo no shigoto no keiken wa ari masu ka

Do you have any experience working in caregiving?

はい、2年あります。老人ホームで働きました。

hai 2 nen ari masu roujin hoomu de hataraki mashi ta

Yes, I have two years of experience. I worked at a nursing home.

どんな仕事をしていましたか。

donna shigoto o shi te i mashi ta ka

What kind of work did you do?

Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases

👋

こんにちは。

konnichiwa

Hello.

🇯🇵 [こんにちは] is fine at the start of an interview, but many people would also open with [本日はよろしくお願いします] to sound a little more interview-appropriate.

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📅

今日

kyou

Today

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🎤

面接

mensetsu

Interview

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➡️

来て

ki te

Come / coming

💬 [て] links actions to what comes next. You can reuse this pattern with other verbs too: [待ってくれてありがとう] for "thank you for waiting."

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🙏

くれて

kure te

Did for me / kindly did

💬 [〜てくれる] adds the feeling that someone did something for you or for your benefit. So [来てくれてありがとう] is warmer than just thanking the action itself.

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🙏

ありがとう

arigatou

Thank you

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🙏➡️

来てくれてありがとう。

ki te kure te arigatou

Thank you for coming.

💬 [〜てくれてありがとう] is a very useful pattern for thanking someone for an action: [教えてくれてありがとう], [待ってくれてありがとう]. The [くれて] part shows the action was done for your benefit.

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🤝

よろしく

yoroshiku

Please treat me well / nice to meet you

💬 [よろしく] often doesn't translate neatly word-for-word. In set phrases like [よろしくお願いします], it means something like "I'm asking for your goodwill/cooperation."

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🙏

お願いします

o negai shi masu

Please

💬 [お願いします] is more than just "please" — it's the polite way to ask for something or to place yourself in someone's hands. You'll hear it in many set phrases, like [よろしくお願いします] and [お願いします].

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