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Polite to Colleague

Workplace · Meeting

N3

では、本日の会議をまとめます。〇〇という方向性で進めることになりました。Let me summarize today's meeting. We have decided to move forward with the approach of [X]. (Workplace · Meeting, Polite to Colleague, JLPT N3)

You

では、本日の会議をまとめます。〇〇という方向性で進めることになりました。

では、ほんじつのかいぎをまとめます。〇〇というほうこうせいですすめることになりました。

Let me summarize today's meeting. We have decided to move forward with the approach of [X].

Romaji: Dewa, honjitsu no kaigi wo matomemasu. ○○ to iu hōkōsei de susumeru koto ni narimashita. / Reply Romaji: Wakarimashita. Yoroshiku onegai shimasu.

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分かりました。よろしくお願いします。

わかりました。よろしくおねがいします。

Understood. I'll proceed accordingly.

Gesture & etiquette

Look around the room at all participants as you summarize — this signals that the conclusion applies to everyone, not just one person. After summarizing, pause briefly to allow anyone to raise a final objection before the meeting formally ends.

Summarizing meeting outcomes aloud (and in writing afterward) is a crucial accountability step in Japanese business culture. The passive construction 「〜することになりました」(it has been decided) distributes responsibility across the group rather than attributing the decision to one person.

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