
S1·E11 – Asking how to pronounce names
2019-07-01 • 15 min
This episode is about asking how to pronounce names. Whang Sunmyung works at a general trading company in Japan. Born in the Republic of Korea, he studied in China from the age of 13. Out of a desire to work on a global scale, he came to Japan to work at his current company. Now, Whang-san is taking Japanese lessons while on the job. His goal is to become a reliable businessman. To do so, he needs a way to ask how to pronounce a person's name, a valuable part of business manners in Japan.