To give a helping hand
ხელის გამართვა 
Examples: 1. ყველას ყოველთვის ხელს ვუმართავ,თუ შემიძლია.
                    2.მან ბევრჯერ გამიმართა ხელი.
                    3.რომ მივმართო,გამიმართავს ხელს?

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N5/N4 レベルのポッドキャストです。
初雪（はつゆき）について話しました。

ゆかのにほんごカフェ

#3 初雪（はつゆき）N5/N4

TODAY
วันนี้
wan née

TOMORROW
พรุ่งนี้
prûng-née

YESTERDAY
เมื่อวานนี้
mêua waan née

THE DAY BEFORE YESTERDAY
วานซืน
waan-seun

THE DAY AFTER TOMORROW
วันมะรืน
wan má-reun

THE OTHER DAY
วันก่อน
wan gòn

EVERY OTHER DAY
วันเว้นวัน
wan wáyn wan

ONE DAY
วันหนึ่ง
wan nèung

EVERY DAY
ทุกๆ วัน
túk túk wan
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Practice Thai Pronunciation. THE WORD about Day  วัน [wan]

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What do you think is the most expensive place in the world to live? New York? London? Maybe Tokyo?

While Japan has long had a reputation as an expensive place to live, its cities have been getting cheaper in recent years — with some big changes coming just in the last 12 months.

American consulting company Mercer recently released its 2024 Cost of Living City Ranking, which compares the costs of over 200 items in 226 cities around the world. The results are based on a March 2024 survey, and include things like housing and transportation, as well as food, clothing and entertainment.

All five of the world's most expensive cities are unchanged from last year, with Hong Kong and Singapore again in first and second place. These two Asian cities are followed by three Swiss cities: Zurich, Geneva and Basel.

Bern, another Swiss city, has risen from seventh to sixth place, while New York City has fallen one place to seventh.

However, Tokyo has dropped 30 places to 49th — putting it right after San Juan in Puerto Rico. And Osaka has dropped 53 places to 146th — just ahead of Wuhan in China.

However, the biggest drop since last year was for Lagos in Nigeria, which fell 178 places to 225th. And the least expensive city is now Abuja, Nigeria's capital, at 226th.

Mercer wrote that many big drops were caused by changes in exchange rates. Japan's yen dropped to a 34-year low against the US dollar in March — and hit a 38-year low in early July.

The ranking was also affected by inflation — especially in housing prices — as well as increasing political uncertainty around the world.

Mercer says it's important for companies to look at its cost of living ranking when thinking about sending staff to live abroad.




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Japan Tumbles on Expensive Cities Ranking

双十一是中国的购物狂欢节，有点像美国的黑色星期五。双十一，也就是11月11日，原本是单身节，因为在中国单身的人被叫做光棍，而11月11号的4个阿拉伯数字“1”很像四根光滑的棍子,所以被称为光棍节。11月11日在十月一号国庆节和圣诞节之间，是一个理想的促销时间点，所以网购平台淘宝在2009年借此机会把双十一变成了网络促销日。如今双十一经过十几年的发展，已经不仅限于线上，线下商店也参与其中。那么今年的双十一有什么变化呢，我们一起来听听看。
昨天晚上朋友圈冷冷清清的，再也没有往年那种晒购物车的疯狂了。凭直觉，我还以为今年双十一应该是凉了呢。但是官方数据却显示，今年的双十一成交额居然是创了新高了。那这是咋回事呢？根据数据显示，今年双十一天猫成交5,403亿，京东3,491亿，都创了历史新高。历史数据天猫2019年成交额是2,684亿，2020年突然暴增到了4,982亿，那今年是5,403亿，相当于全国人民平均每个人贡献了400块。难道说经过了疫情之后大家反而更有钱了吗？那倒不是，只是说这个统计的时间变长了而已。从2020年开始，双十一就不再限于11月11号这一天了，而是会提前一个月就正式进入到购物节。去年和今年数据这么好，并不是大家更有钱，消费更多了，只是说这个统计的周期变长了而已。从双11当天的数据来看，这两年的数据反而是下滑的。2019年双11当天全网，注意是全网啊，成交额到了一个顶峰4,101亿之后，2020年就下滑到了3,328亿了，同比下滑18.8%。而今年呢，又下滑到了3,146亿，那些做物流快递的朋友可能会更有感觉一点，那就是今年双十一的业务没有想象中那么繁忙了。那问题来了，就本来一天就能搞定的购物节，怎么突然就变成一个月了呢？或许是为了照顾更多商家的利益吧。双11的当天首页和热门推荐的版面是有限的，只有几个店铺能上头条。上头条肯定是需要花钱的，那为了争夺头条的位置，店铺就会陷入内卷，把头条的坑位费是越炒越高，损人还不利己，而更多的店铺是压根没有机会享受双11广告的。但是如果把双11从一天变成一个月，首页推荐的坑位就多了不少，这就会更加有利于更多店铺的曝光了。那么，以后的双11会不会慢慢变成常态呢？从一个月变成全年呢？我觉得吧，双11常态化肯定是最终必然的归宿。电商的使命是什么呀？让商品变得更便宜，因为相对实体店电商有很多成本优势。一方面呢，店面成本省掉了，不需要开实体店交店租，不需要雇店员了。第二呢是渠道成本，不需要再给超市支付货架费，也没有经销商赚差价，可以从工厂直接出来就卖给消费者了。第三是规模效应，销量越大的话，那么单件商品的成本就会越低。薇娅和李佳琦之所以能卖那么便宜，离不开销量的支持。而双11为什么能更便宜呢？它只是把这个规模效应再次给放大了。但是你看现在，有一些头部主播的规模效应俨然都已经超过双11了，你会发现有一些商品它在双十一的价格并不比平时的直播间里的价格
便宜多少。如果没有办法更便宜，那双十一其实就失去意义了呀。就只能够巧立名目，比如说什么优惠券，满减折扣，让表面看上去好像更便宜一些。但是呢，这几年消费者也更加理性了，也更加贫穷了，恐怕也很难再上当了。所以，这个双11就这么随它去吧。
狂欢节/kuáng huān jié/Carnival
促销/cù xiāo/sales promotion
晒/shài/bask→show off
凉/liáng/cool→fail
咋/zǎ/怎么
统计/tǒng jì/statistics
同比下滑/tóng bǐ xià huá/Year-on-year decline
成交额/chéng jiāo é/Turnover
物流快递/wù liú kuài dì/Logistics&Express
版面/bǎn miàn/Page layout
上头条/shàng tóu tiáo/dominate headline
内卷/nèi juǎn/over-competition
坑位费/kēng wèi fèi/Advertising slot Fee
损人利己/sǔn rén lì jǐ/harm others to benefit oneself
曝光/bào guāng/(flow)exposure
归宿/guī sù/destination
渠道/qú dào/channel
规模效应/guī mó xiào yìng/scale effect
头部主播/tóu bù zhǔ bō/top streamer
俨然/yǎn rán/clearly
巧立名目/qiǎo lì míng mù/concoct various pretexts
满减折扣/mǎn jiǎn zhé kòu/such as 299-100
上当/shàng dàng/be tricked