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Hello and welcome to this Bizmates words and phrases video series for Japanese businesspeople.
And today's phrase is You've just missed him. Missed him.
And many people think, oh maybe miss is like I'm lonely because he's gone.
No, that's a little bit different. That's I miss him.
OK, this is I've just missed him. A little bit different.
Let's find out what it means. But first, we'll do our test.
So, I'm gonna say, our head office doesn't know anything. I'm complaining.
You disagree. What do you say?
I see it a bit differently.
Were you able to say that? OK, good.
OK, so let's go on to today's phrase. You've just missed him.
OK. What does this mean? Well, imagine that I'm looking for Kenji.
Kenji, where's Kenji, where's Kenji? And I say, Taro, do you know where Kenji is?
And he says, ah he went out a few minutes ago.
Oh, a few minutes ago. OK, this is actually a perfect sentence. Not long. He went out
a few minutes ago. No problem. But it's a boring, normal sentence.
OK, there's no excitement in this. OK, so we could add
just missed and it sounds much better like this. You know, so if I say,
Hey, do you know where Kenji is? And he says, oh you've just missed him.
Oh, I've just missed him! OK. Then it sounds a lot more natural.
There's a bit of spice in there, OK. It's not like he went out a few minutes ago.
But, you've just missed him. OK, let's practice pronunciation.
You've just missedim, missedim. You've just missedim. You try.
And say it with feeling. Ah! You've just missed him!
OK, so with my question. Hey, do you know where Kenji is?
Ah, I've just missed him. OK, maybe I'll call his phone.
All right. OK, so homework. I'm just gonna say,
Ah, do you know where Kenji is? And you say, ah! Hika, you've just missed him!
OK? So please remember this for homework.
OK. We'll see you next time. Thank you.