The Club Presentation Q&A
You must give a two-minute presentation in Japanese about your school club, then answer one audience question. Your notes contain facts about membership (12 members), meeting day (Wednesday), and a recent event (a charity bake sale that raised 8,000 yen). The audience question is unexpected: 「そのイベントで一番大変だったことは何ですか。」 You did not prepare for it. You must answer in Japanese, staying in polite register, for about 30 seconds.
1. Compose a 30-second Japanese answer to the unexpected question.
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Model answer: 「一番大変だったのは、時間の管理でした。12人で準備を分担しましたが、水曜日の活動時間だけでは足りませんでした。そこで、役割を細かく決めて、当日は8,000円の売上を達成することができました。ご質問ありがとうございました。」
Why this works:
- Directly answers the question with one clear difficulty (time management).
- Uses known facts (12 members, Wednesday, 8,000 yen) as supporting detail, not as a data dump.
- Stays in polite register (でした, できました, ありがとうございました).
- Fits roughly 30 seconds at a natural pace.
2. What should you do if you cannot immediately think of an answer, and what should you avoid?
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Do: Buy time politely with a short filler such as 「そうですね、少し考えさせてください。」 Then choose one concrete difficulty and support it with a known fact. Structure: answer, reason, result.
Avoid: Do not freeze silently, do not switch to casual register, and do not invent facts that contradict your notes (for example, a different member count or amount). Do not answer with a list of every difficulty; the question asks for the most difficult one.
Model reasoning: The examiner marks fluency, register, and relevance. A structured, honest answer with a brief pause beats a rushed or fabricated one.