Formal to Client
Workplace · Greeting
先日はありがとうございました。おかげさまでとても参考になりました。 — Thank you for the other day. It was very helpful, all thanks to you. (Workplace · Greeting, Formal to Client, JLPT N3)
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先日はありがとうございました。おかげさまでとても参考になりました。
せんじつはありがとうございました。おかげさまでとてもさんこうになりました。
Thank you for the other day. It was very helpful, all thanks to you.
Romaji: Senjitsu wa arigatou gozaimashita. Okagesama de totemo sankou ni narimashita. / Reply Romaji: Iie, kochira koso. Mata gorenraku kudasai.
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いいえ、こちらこそ。またご連絡ください。
いいえ、こちらこそ。またごれんらくください。
Not at all. Please feel free to reach out again.
Gesture & etiquette
Bow at about 20-25 degrees when delivering this opener; make the connection to the last encounter specific if possible — showing you remember details signals that you valued the previous interaction.
Referencing the previous meeting before moving to business is an important Japanese warm-up ritual — jumping straight into business at a second meeting without acknowledging the prior relationship can seem cold or transactional.