Japanese for Sharing Good News: "I Got the Job!" and "We're Moving!"
Learn beginner Japanese phrases to announce personal achievements like getting a job or moving, and react with genuine excitement using natural particles and casual forms.
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When something great happens, you want to tell your friends right away. In Japanese, sharing good news is not just about vocabulary; it is about choosing the right sentence pattern and matching your friend's energy. This lesson focuses on two common personal achievements: getting a job and moving to a new place. You will learn how to say "I got the job!" and "We're moving!" in casual Japanese, how to react with surprise and joy, and how to avoid a common mistake that makes your news sound like a question. All examples use natural Japanese script with Hepburn romanization so you can read and say them confidently.
By the end, you can…
- announce that I got a job using a natural Japanese sentence.
- tell a friend that I or my family is moving.
- react to a friend's good news with excitement.
- ask a follow-up question about a new job or move.
Listen once. Try it slowly. Then say it without looking.
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仕事が決まった！
I got the job!
shigoto ga kimatta!
Casual, used with close friends. 決まった (kimatta) means "was decided" and is the natural way to say you got a job offer or acceptance.
引っ越すことになった！
We're moving! (It's been decided that we're moving.)
hikkosu koto ni natta!
Use when a move has been decided, often by family or work. ことになった shows it became a settled plan.
やった！
Yes! / Awesome!
yatta!
A very common exclamation of joy. Use it to celebrate your own news or a friend's news.
すごい！おめでとう！
Amazing! Congratulations!
sugoi! omedetou!
A warm reaction to someone else's good news. おめでとう is used for happy events like jobs and moves.
いつから？
From when?
itsu kara?
A natural follow-up question. You can also ask どこに？ (doko ni?) meaning "Where to?"
Pronunciation guides are approximate. Slow playback keeps the original pitch.
Make it make sense
Useful pattern
To announce a personal achievement, use a verb in the plain past form plus ！. For getting a job, say 仕事が決まった！ (shigoto ga kimatta!). The particle が (ga) marks 仕事 (shigoto, job) as the thing that got decided. For moving, say 引っ越すことになった！ (hikkosu koto ni natta!). Here ことになった (koto ni natta) means "it has been decided that..." and is perfect for plans made by family or a company. Both patterns are casual and sound natural among friends.
When to use it
Use these phrases with close friends, siblings, or classmates. If you are telling a teacher, a boss, or someone older, use the polite versions: 仕事が決まりました (shigoto ga kimarimashita) and 引っ越すことになりました (hikkosu koto ni narimashita). When a friend shares good news, react first with やった！ (yatta!) or すごい！ (sugoi!), then add おめでとう！ (omedetou!). After that, ask a follow-up like いつから？ (itsu kara?) or どこに？ (doko ni?) to keep the conversation going.
Listen to each line, then take one part and reply out loud.
ねえ、仕事が決まった！
Hey, I got the job!nee, shigoto ga kimatta!やった！おめでとう！いつから？
Yes! Congratulations! From when?yatta! omedetou! itsu kara?来月から。それと、引っ越すことになった！
From next month. And also, we're moving!raigetsu kara. sore to, hikkosu koto ni natta!え、本当？どこに？
What, really? Where to?e, hontou? doko ni?A little context goes a long way
In Japanese casual conversation, good news is often shared with a short exclamation like やった！ or すごい！ before the details. Congratulations (おめでとう) are appropriate for jobs and moves, but for moving, friends may also say 大変だね (taihen da ne, "that sounds like a lot of work") to show empathy, since moving is seen as stressful as well as exciting. Match your friend's energy and use plain forms with close friends.
One thing to watch for
Using 仕事を決まった (shigoto o kimatta) with the particle を instead of が.
Try this instead: The verb 決まる (kimaru) is intransitive, so mark the thing that got decided with が: 仕事が決まった！ (shigoto ga kimatta!). Use を only with the transitive verb 決める (kimeru), as in 仕事を決めた (shigoto o kimeta), which means "I decided on a job."
Your turn
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1How do you say "I got the job!" casually to a close friend?
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仕事が決まった！ (shigoto ga kimatta!)
This uses が with the intransitive verb 決まった. A polite alternative is 仕事が決まりました (shigoto ga kimarimashita).
2Your friend says 引っ越すことになった！. What is a natural excited reaction?
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やった！おめでとう！どこに？ (yatta! omedetou! doko ni?)
This reacts with joy, congratulates, and asks a follow-up. You could also say すごい！いつから？ (sugoi! itsu kara?).
3Change 仕事が決まった！ into a polite form for your boss.
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仕事が決まりました。 (shigoto ga kimarimashita.)
The polite past form of 決まる is 決まりました. Using plain 決まった with a boss would sound too casual.
Share good news with plain past forms like 決まった and ことになった, react with やった！ and おめでとう！, and switch to polite forms for people above you.
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