What does "gozaimasu" mean?
I had the impression that it means "very" (from arigatou gozaimasu) but the podcast I'm listening to opens with Japanese Podu ichi-maru-ichi de gozaimasu (JapanesePod101). In this context, what does gozaimasu mean? And what are the different uses of the word?

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in that case gozaimasu is used as"desu"
and it is also another form of "aru"

"gozaimasu" is used with HUMILITY
some japanese uses it to show their politeness,and in wrong ways:(
for example, "nanika syumi wa gozaimasuka?(do you have some hobbies?)" is WRONG
u must use "oaridesuka?" instead of it :)
And "irassyaru" instead of gozaimasu that means"desu",when you want to express your politeness

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de gozaimasu = desu

"gozaimasu" is the neutral polite form of "arimasu".
In order to replace "desu" you use "de gozaimasu".

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"gozaimasu" doesn't mean "very". In Japanese there are some modesty words. "gozaimasu" is modesty word of "desu".

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in this context 'gozaimasu' is politer form of 'desu', but i think this use is not very often

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