kaigi no ato, okyakusama kara atarasii meisi wo nimai itadakimasita.

A natural breakdown is:

• 会議のあと = after the meeting
• お客様から = from a customer / from the client / from the guest
• 新しい名刺を = a new business card / new business cards (the direct object)
• 二枚 = two (using the counter for flat objects)
• いただきました = received (in a humble, polite way)

So the overall pattern is:

[time expression] + [source] + [thing received] + [counter] + [verb]

Japanese often puts the verb at the end, so everything before いただきました sets up the situation.

あと means after, but grammatically it behaves like a noun. Because of that, you connect 会議 and あと with の:

• 会議のあと = after the meeting
• literally, something like the meeting’s after

This is a very common pattern:

• 仕事のあと = after work
• 授業のあと = after class
• 食事のあと = after the meal

So の here is just the normal noun-linking particle.

から marks the source or starting point, and with verbs like receive, it often means from.

So:

• お客様からいただきました = received it from the customer/client

Compare:

• 先生から本をもらいました。 = I received a book from my teacher.
• 友達からメールをもらいました。 = I got an email from a friend.

In this sentence, から tells you who the business cards came from.

いただく is the humble, more polite version of もらう.

• もらいました = received / got
• いただきました = received (humbly, politely)

This is especially common in business situations or when the giver deserves respect. Since the sentence has お客様 and 名刺, it sounds like a workplace/business context, so いただきました is very natural.

A rough nuance is:

• 友達から名刺をもらいました。 = casual/plain
• お客様から名刺をいただきました。 = polite/humble

The speaker lowers themself and shows respect to the other person.

お客様 is a very respectful word.

It contains:

• お = honorific prefix
• 客様 = customer / guest / client with 様, a very polite title

So お客様 is much more respectful than just 客.

In many business situations, お客様 is the normal way to refer to a customer or client politely. It helps match the polite tone of いただきました.

枚 is the counter for thin, flat objects, so it is used for things like:

• paper
• tickets
• shirts
• plates
• business cards

Since 名刺 is a flat object, 二枚 means two cards.

As for position, Japanese often puts the counter after the object:

• 名刺を二枚いただきました。

This is a very common pattern:

• noun + を + number-counter + verb

You may also see other placements in Japanese, but this one is very natural.

You could sometimes use the general counter つ for many things, but for a business card, 枚 is the correct and natural counter because it is specifically for flat objects.

So:

• 二枚 = the natural, precise choice
• 二つ = more general, less specific, and not the usual way here

Using the right counter is an important part of natural Japanese.

By itself, 名刺 does not show singular or plural. Japanese nouns usually do not change form for number the way English nouns do.

The number is shown by 二枚, so here you know it means two business cards.

That means:

• 名刺 alone could mean a business card or business cards
• 名刺を二枚 clearly means two business cards

Japanese adjectives do not change for singular vs. plural.

So 新しい名刺 can mean:

• a new business card
• new business cards

The number is not shown by the adjective. It is shown later by 二枚.

This is normal in Japanese:

• 新しい本を三冊買いました。 = I bought three new books.
• 古い写真を五枚見ました。 = I looked at five old photos.

In this sentence, お客様 most naturally sounds like one customer/client, because the sentence says から and then talks about receiving two business cards. That could mean one person gave you two cards.

However, Japanese nouns often do not mark number clearly, so context matters. Without more context, the most natural reading is:

• from a customer / from the client

If the speaker wanted to make plurality clearer, they could use a different expression or give more context.

The comma helps separate the time phrase from the rest of the sentence:

• 会議のあと、 = After the meeting, ...

It works a lot like a comma in English after an introductory phrase. Japanese commas are often used for readability and rhythm, so while punctuation can vary, this comma is very natural.

Here are the standard readings:

• 会議 = かいぎ
• の = の
• あと = あと
• お客様 = おきゃくさま
• から = から
• 新しい = あたらしい
• 名刺 = めいし
• を = written を, pronounced お
• 二枚 = にまい
• いただきました = いただきました

So the full reading is:

かいぎ の あと、おきゃくさま から あたらしい めいし を にまい いただきました。

名刺 specifically means a business card or name card, not just any card.

In Japanese business culture, exchanging 名刺 is a very common formal interaction, so this sentence strongly suggests a professional context. That is one more reason why the polite verb いただきました fits so well.

Yes. A less formal version would be:

会議のあと、お客さんから新しい名刺を二枚もらいました。

Changes:

• お客様 → お客さん: less formal
• いただきました → もらいました: less formal

This version is still understandable, but it loses the business-polite tone of the original.