【N5/N4】Don't say ARIGATO🙅‍♀️when receiving a compliment ! Japanese Listening for Beginners

Hello, and welcome to the Ninja Japanese Podcast. This is Sensei Ninja. Good job today, everyone, on studying Japanese. You're doing great! Today, a new phrase: I appreciate it. Let's talk about it. Then, Let's begin. Yes, everyone, you are In Japan, or in your country, then? Have you ever met a kind Japanese person? Did you help me with anything? For example Things like "You carried the heavy luggage for me" or Things like "You showed me the way" or something along those lines You took the photos for me. I'll help with everything. Have you ever been in a situation like this? At this moment, you are probably thinking, "Thank you." You only say "thank you," but deep down, you feel much more gratitude. I want to say it, so thank you so much, really, really, really thank you. Did you say it in a way like that? Today's phrase is really helpful. When I want to express even more gratitude I use it, and I use it together with thank you. What does "助かります" mean in English? that really helps me a lot, stuff like that That's very helpful. Then, let's do it again today too. Here are three situations where this would be helpful and practical. Alright, the first one. The first one is Everyone is in Japan. Whenever I go to Japan, I always bring a heavy suitcase. I'll take it with me, and sometimes at Japanese train stations There is no elevator, so You have to use the stairs. This is terrible, I'm in a real mess, carrying my suitcase up the stairs I climb up. At this moment What should I do? It's hard to climb alone. Then a kind Japanese person came. Sorry, shall we carry the luggage together? A Japanese person said. Thank you all so much, I really appreciate it. That's how you use it. Ok, this is the first one. Thank you, I appreciate it. Then, the next one, number two. Tokyo's train stations are really huge, with so many exits, aren't they? Shinjuku is way too difficult; I think it's difficult as well. Then all of you went to Shinjuku Station. While looking at Google Maps, I'm not sure, it's probably this way, no, probably this way, a bit off the road I was lost. At that moment, a kind Japanese person appeared. Are you okay? Where would you like to go? I want to go to this shop. Do you know this place? Shall we go there together? Thank you, I appreciate it. That's great. And it's really true that we're together often? Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. I use this one a lot too. Are you sure about that? Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. That's good. This is the second one. Then the next, the third one. The third one is When you go to famous places in Japan, you know I want to take a photo, not a selfie. That's why Please take a photo, at that moment a kind Japanese person Shall we take some photos? Really? Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. Hmm, and one more thing, really? Is that okay? This is really very Japanese-like too. Is it really okay? Like, is it really alright? Thank you so much, this is really helpful. Please try using this one too. Then let's practice the three situations once more. The luggage is heavy; shall we carry it together? Thank you, I appreciate it. Two of them. Shinjuku Station is tricky, isn't it? Shall we go together? Really? Thank you so much, I appreciate it. OK, and the third one, shall we take a photo? Is that okay? Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. It's perfect, yes. These three situations—probably when traveling to Japan I truly believe this situation is real, so please everyone, definitely give it a try. When I studied abroad in the Philippines There was a similar situation. There was the same kind of situation. Let me share a little about my real-life situation. First, I studied English in Cebu, Philippines. At that time, there was a well-known restaurant in Cebu, and I wanted to go there with my friend. I had to make a reservation. I had to make it by phone. But at that time, I wasn't very good at English, so I was afraid to make a reservation over the phone. You know, phone calls are kind of difficult, aren't they? I couldn't hear very well, so I didn't want to make a reservation over the phone. And at that moment, the kind Filipino teacher said He said, "Shall I call and make a reservation?" At that moment, I Thank you, thank you, thank you very much—just at that moment, I was That helps a lot; that helps me a lot. I didn't know this phrase. So I said thank you, thank you many times, but you know, everyone, if you study today, it will be a great help. It's usable now, so thank you—that really helps me a lot. I appreciate it. Thank you, I appreciate it. It works, OK, umm Yes, at that moment, I wanted to say even more thanks, so I looked it up in the dictionary. I studied "That helps me a lot." So when you want to say thank you to kind people, everyone Be sure to try out this phrase: That restaurant, you know... It was really delicious, and I'm glad I went. Thank you, teacher. It was helpful. That's also a key point. Another key point as well. When that action ended That helped me a lot. I'll use Pastens. It's like saying "Thank you so much, you've been a great help, sir." Try using this too. Yes, OK. Then, today this new phrase is very helpful. It was very helpful. I have studied it. Then, finally, I have one question for everyone. Recently, that has helped me a lot. It has been very helpful. Were there any situations where you wanted to say "I'm sorry"? Please share your real-life stories—I'd love to hear them. Okay, thank you so much for listening to the podcast until the end today. Let's have fun learning Japanese together in the next episode! Ready, set, one, two, three! See you later!