G-36 ・ Reflex ・ 2 min

Interview Keigo: Say It or Fix It? — 20 lines a day, one trap

A sorting game for Japanese honorific speech (keigo) in job interviews. Each card is something a candidate says to the interviewer, written in Japanese. Flick it right if it is fine to say as is, left if it should be fixed, before it reaches the line at the bottom; at most two cards fall at once. The moment you flick, you hear whether you were right and see a one-line reason and the correct wording in Japanese. Double honorifics such as “ossharareru” and “goran ni narareru”, humble verbs used for the interviewer’s own actions, and honorific “o” on your own ideas need fixing. “O-ukagai shimasu” is technically a double honorific but an accepted one, so it is fine to say — and every daily set hides one such trap. The 20 lines are set by the date in Japan, so everyone plays the same set. The first two cards are an unscored warm-up. Results show your score, total decision time, a ✓/✗ row, how often you were too strict (fixed a fine line) or too lax (said a wrong one), and the right wording for each miss. Judgments follow the Japanese government’s “Keigo no Shishin” guidelines (Council for Cultural Affairs, 2007); contested phrasings are left out. Not a skills assessment. Free, no sign-up.

How to play

Each card is a line a candidate says to an interviewer (in Japanese). Fine? Flick it right to “Say →”. Off? Flick it left to “← Fix” (or press the side bars)
You see ✓ or ✗ at once, with a one-line reason and the right wording. The first two cards hold still and don’t count
Then 20 cards fall, up to two at a time. The gold-framed (lower) card is the one keys and bars act on. Reaching the line counts as a miss
Some double honorifics, like “o-ukagai shimasu”, are accepted and fine to say. One of these traps appears every day

Keyboard: → (D, J) say it / ← (A, F) fix it / R play again from the result

← All games Guide Made by: First CH LLC