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日本の職場で毎日使う「お疲れ様です」。
意外と奥が深いあいさつ。

今回のエピソードでは、ビジネス日本語教師Mayukoが、この言葉が持つ真の意味と、あなたが職場で信頼を失わないための大切なルールを解説します。

【クイズ】
Q.　日本の職場で、相手が疲れていないときに「お疲れ様です」というのは失礼ですか？
A.　はい、失礼です。／ いいえ、失礼ではありません。

このさいさつが単なる“ねぎらい”ではなく、チームの一員としての貢献をお互いに認め合うためのポジティブなコミュニケーションツールであることを解き明かします。
※ねぎらい＝相手の労力に感謝すること

使い方や場面を理解して、積極的に「お疲れ様です」を使いましょう。

✅ 切り替えルール：「おはようございます」から「お疲れ様です」に変わる、多くの会社での時間的なデッドライン（午前11時頃）を解説。
✅ 絶対NG：目上の人には絶対に使ってはいけない要注意フレーズ「ご苦労様です」のルーツと理由。
✅ 社外ルール：取引先やお客様など、社外の人には何を使うのが正解か？

あいさつの使い方で、あなたの協調性や信頼度は大きく変わります。
「お疲れ様です」を適切に使い、日本のビジネス文化に根付くコミュニケーションをマスターしましょう！


#お疲れ様ですの使い方
#ビジネス日本語 #ビジネスマナー #日本語学習 #日本の挨拶 #日本文化
#ビジネス日本語教師Mayuko
#JapaneseLearning #LearnJapanese #BusinessJapanese #JapanesePhrases #Business Japanese Instructor Mayuko

Let's work in Japanese!（日本語を使って、働こう）

「お疲れ様です」の役割とNGルールを徹底解説

This podcast gives you strategies to succeed on each part of the IELTS Speaking Exam. The three parts are very different from one another so you need to use strategies that are specific to each part. This podcast starts with a brief overview of strategies for the overall exam and continues with a closer look at the ways to succeed on Parts 1, 2, and 3.

IELTS Speaking Success

IELTS Speaking Strategies 1 2 3 - Episode 1: Intro

Master the long /iː/ and short /ɪ/ sounds through focused repetition and listening exercises. This practice session reinforces Lesson 7's key concept: both 'e' and 'i' can represent these two distinct vowel sounds in British English.
You'll practice word lists, minimal pairs (sit/seat, ship/sheep), and challenging tongue twisters designed to sharpen your ear and improve your articulation. Perfect for learners who want to train their pronunciation through hands-on practice rather than theory.
Repeat, listen, and build muscle memory—no matter your starting level, consistent practice will help these sounds become natural.

Transcript: 
Long e with letter E: see, me, be, these, complete, scene, tree, free, three, believe, receive, degree, theme, scheme, delete, extreme
Long e with letter I: machine, police, sardine, prestige, magazine, marine, cuisine, routine, limousine, hygiene, submarine, regime, tambourine
Short i with letter E:  English, pretty, bucket, pocket, started, lended,  helmet, velvet, secret
Short i with letter I:  it, sit, him, big, sister, interesting, milk, sick, pin, picnic, win, fish, list, lift, hint

Minimal Pairs: 
Sit - seat
Fit - feet 
ship - sheep 
dip  — deep 
chip — cheap 
Bin – Bean
Pin – Peen
Lid – Lead
Rich – Reach
Bit – Beat
Sick – Seek
Him – Heap
Fin – Fee
Rip – Reap
Tongue twisters: 
I see the sheep sleep deep in the green field.
Sick fish swim in the deep sea.
Pin the chip on the cheap machine.
The keen teen keeps the scene clean.
Big fish in a deep green sea swim free.
Pretty women with private seats sip tea.


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British Vowel Sound Masterclass: Lesson 7 – The Long & Short E/I. Same Sounds, Different Letters - Practice 

In this episode, Nick discusses renting and buying houses, which could come up in Speaking Part 3 or Writing Part 2 of the IELTS test. 

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Is it better to rent or buy a house?

In this episode we will talk about 【Procrastination】, you will learn how to say 【excuse,concentrate on,flow】 ect.
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It is recommended that you study in the following ways:
1st time: listen without looking at the text.
2nd time: look at the text and write down the new words, then look up the dictionary. 
3rd time: listen again without looking at the text.
4th time: shadow reading without looking at the text.
https://www.purpleculture.net/chinese-english-dictionary/
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大家好，我是Yuli。欢迎收听我的播客。
今天想和大家聊一聊【拖延症】的话题。
大家知道什么是拖延症吗？这里有一些拖延症的表现，一起来看看是不是你吧。
第一，非常爱睡懒觉，早上起床需要设很多个闹钟。特别是周末的时候，可能按掉最后一个闹钟以后干脆放弃早起的念头，继续睡到大中午。
第二，每天告诉自己要早睡，但是睡前一直玩手机。每次都告诉自己，再玩半个小时就去睡了。半个小时过去了，又告诉自己，再玩十分钟吧。第二天很困很累，告诉自己今天晚上一定要早点睡。但是同样的事情又发生了，每天都是这样。
第三，下定决心要运动，但是计划拖了一天又一天也没有开始。或者是运动了几天就坚持不了，看到美食就忍不住大吃大喝。每次吃完就告诉自己，明天我要开始运动了。到了第二天，又有各种借口不运动了。
第四，本来计划好了要做一件事情，但是很容易被其他的小事情分散注意力。做没一会儿就想起来要去泡杯咖啡，或者玩会儿手机。总觉得待会再做问题不大，但是一眨眼半天的时间就没了。
看完这些拖延症的表现，我发现自己中枪了（被说中了）。这说的不就是我吗？不过我也有不拖延的时候，一般是我有很明确的目标要做一件事情的时候。这个时候我可以很投入，经常觉得时间过得很快，到了吃饭的时候也不愿意停下来。心理学上把这种状态叫做“心流”，英语叫做Flow。还有一个好方法是，把大的目标分成很多个小目标，这样才更容易开始改变。例如我想早点睡觉，那我可以每天早睡10分钟，慢慢地改变。
你觉得你有拖延症吗？你的解决方法是什么？留言告诉我吧。我们下期见。
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表现	biǎo xiàn	performance,behavior
睡懒觉	shuì lǎn jiào	sleep in
干脆	gān cuì	directly,altogether
念头	niàn tou	thought
借口	jiè kǒu	excuse
分散注意力	fēn sàn zhù yì lì	divert attention from 
眨眼	zhǎ yǎn	blink
中枪	zhòng qiāng	be shot (here means you are exactly like what they are saying)
投入	tóu rù	concentrate on
心流	xīn liú	flow

Yuli's Chinese Channel

拖延症 Procrastination

Seguro que te has preguntado alguna vez: ¿Cuándo “tú”? ¿Cuándo “usted”?  Hay muchas teorías, pero la mía, es que es una cuestión cultural, no de ser más educado o menos.