A Japanese business email they will actually answer.
Paste what you want to say in English. You get the Japanese email in the right register, an English back-translation and notes on why each phrase was chosen, usually within about 10 minutes. Written by AI, no person involved.
The opening depends on the relationship
- First email after meeting once先日は東京ギフトショーのブースにお立ち寄りいただき、誠にありがとうございました。Thank you for stopping by our booth at the Tokyo Gift Show the other day. Japanese emails recall the meeting before any request.
- A company you have never contacted突然のご連絡失礼いたします。Harbor Goods の Emily Carter と申します。Please excuse this sudden message. My name is Emily Carter of Harbor Goods. The set phrase for a cold email.
- Replying早速のご返信ありがとうございます。Thank you for your prompt reply. Thanking the action first softens whatever follows.
- Following up9月12日にお送りしたサンプルの件について、ご確認いただけましたでしょうか。Have you had a chance to look at the samples we sent on September 12? A follow-up is a question, never a demand.
- Apologizingご返信が遅くなり、申し訳ございません。I apologize for the late reply. One sentence, no excuses.
- Names stay exactly as you wrote them, with the honorific 様
- Email conventions, not letter formulas, unless you ask for very formal
- Your counterpart and tone are remembered for the next email
Sato 様
お世話になっております。Harbor Goods の Emily Carter でございます。
先日は、東京ギフトショーのブースにお立ち寄りいただき、誠にありがとうございました。木製テーブルウェアをご紹介いただき、心より感謝申し上げます。
社内で検討させていただきたく、サンプル 3 点（お皿のデザイン 2 種と箸置き）をポートランド宛てに発送いただけますでしょうか。費用につきましてもご教示いただけますと幸いです。
春の商品構成を計画しておりますので、9 月 26 日までにご回答いただけますと大変助かります。
ご検討のほど、何卒よろしくお願い申し上げます。
Harbor Goods
Emily Carter, Buyer
Sato 様
The surname with the honorific 様. Never a first name on a first email, and your spelling is kept as you wrote it.
お世話になっております
The standard business opening, roughly “thank you for your continued support”. It is expected even on a first email after meeting.
ご回答いただけますと大変助かります
The deadline is phrased as “it would help us greatly if…”, which is how a request with a date is made without sounding like an order.
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Facts, prices and terms come only from what you paste. Contracts, legal notices and payment demands are not handled. The partner does not research the company or send the email.