Formal to Client
Workplace · Meeting
本日はお時間をいただきありがとうございました。また何かございましたら、ぜひご連絡ください。 — Thank you for taking the time to meet with me today. Please do contact me if anything comes up. (Workplace · Meeting, Formal to Client, JLPT N3)
You
本日はお時間をいただきありがとうございました。また何かございましたら、ぜひご連絡ください。
ほんじつはおじかんをいただきありがとうございました。またなにかございましたら、ぜひごれんらくください。
Thank you for taking the time to meet with me today. Please do contact me if anything comes up.
Romaji: Honjitsu wa o-jikan wo itadaki arigatou gozaimashita. Mata nani ka gozaimashitara, zehi go-renraku kudasai. / Reply Romaji: Kochira koso, arigatou gozaimashita.
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こちらこそ、ありがとうございました。
こちらこそ、ありがとうございました。
Likewise, thank you very much.
Gesture & etiquette
Stand and bow at roughly 30 degrees for a business meeting close. If escorting the client to the elevator, wait until the doors close before returning inside — this is considered courteous in Japanese business culture.
Closing meetings with a warm, open invitation for future contact is standard Japanese business etiquette. 「ぜひ」(by all means / definitely) makes the invitation feel genuine rather than formulaic. Follow up this in-person closing with an email recap within 24 hours.