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Polite to Colleague

Workplace · Email

N3

誠に申し訳ございませんが、本日予定しておりました会議を、来週月曜日に延期させていただきます。I'm very sorry, but I need to postpone the meeting scheduled for today to next Monday. (Workplace · Email, Polite to Colleague, JLPT N3)

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誠に申し訳ございませんが、本日予定しておりました会議を、来週月曜日に延期させていただきます。

まことにもうしわけございませんが、ほんじつよていしておりましたかいぎを、らいしゅうげつようびにえんきさせていただきます。

I'm very sorry, but I need to postpone the meeting scheduled for today to next Monday.

Romaji: Makoto ni moushiwake gozaimasen ga, honjitsu yotei shite orimashita kaigi o, raishuu getsuyoubi ni enki sasete itadakimasu. / Reply Romaji: Shouchi itashimashita. Sukejuuru o henkou itashimasu.

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承知いたしました。スケジュールを変更いたします。

しょうちいたしました。スケジュールをへんこういたします。

Understood. I'll update my schedule.

Gesture & etiquette

Email-only. Subject line: '【再送・日程変更】◯月◯日 会議の延期について'. Include calendar invite update if applicable. Apologize once cleanly — over-apologizing reads as either insincere or anxious. If you're causing the delay, briefly explain ('shanai yoji ni yori' = due to internal matters).

Meeting postponement requires apology + new date + (ideally) brief reason if appropriate. 'Sasete itadakimasu' (with your permission, I'll postpone) frames the action as receiving their cooperation. Send the notice as early as possible — last-minute changes damage trust. If multiple participants are affected, send a calendar update with the same message.

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