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Polite to Colleague

Workplace · Meeting

N3

一つ提案させていただいてもよろしいでしょうか。〇〇という方法はいかがでしょうか。May I make a suggestion? How about trying the approach of [X]? (Workplace · Meeting, Polite to Colleague, JLPT N3)

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一つ提案させていただいてもよろしいでしょうか。〇〇という方法はいかがでしょうか。

ひとつていあんさせていただいてもよろしいでしょうか。〇〇というほうほうはいかがでしょうか。

May I make a suggestion? How about trying the approach of [X]?

Romaji: Hitotsu teian sasete itadaite mo yoroshii deshō ka. ○○ to iu houhou wa ikaga deshou ka. / Reply Romaji: Ii desu ne. Kuwashiku kikasete kudasai.

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いいですね。詳しく聞かせてください。

いいですね。くわしくきかせてください。

That sounds good. Please tell me more.

Gesture & etiquette

Raise your hand slightly or lean forward as you say the opening preamble. Wait for a nod or verbal acknowledgment before presenting your actual idea — launching straight into content without this pause can feel presumptuous.

In Japanese meetings, ideas are proposed with permission-seeking preamble rather than stated boldly. 「〜させていただいてもよろしいでしょうか」signals collaborative intent and respect for the group's shared decision-making process.

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