[Japanese Grammar for Daily Life #10] 「どころじゃない」「かねない」

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Hello everyone

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This is Akane from Akane’s Japanese Class

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Today I will introduce two Japanese grammar points used in daily life

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Before that, I will show you what I bought at 7-Eleven

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“Seven” means 7-Eleven

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First, here it is

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Maybe everyone has seen this too

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This is Jagariko

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It’s a snack made from potatoes

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Let’s open it

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This time I’ll open it by hand

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Wait! This has a zipper

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I meant to say this first...

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Sorry

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The image of Jagariko is probably like this kind of package

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There’s also this type with a zipper bag

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It says bite-size

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I think it’s smaller than the regular Jagariko

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This is my first time buying this type, so let’s check it out together

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This is what it looks like inside

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Yeah, it really does look small

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It’s short

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Let’s eat / Bon appétit

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Delicious

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With this type of package, I think you have to finish it all

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If it’s this one, it has a zipper

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This is the zipper

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This part is called the zipper

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Because it has a zipper

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I think it’s okay even if you don’t finish it all

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Do you all remember “tabekiru” (to finish eating)?

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Which video was it again?

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I explained about “~kiru” quite a while ago

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If you want to review, please watch this video too

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I also bought one more

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Here it is

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Potato potage from Hokkaido

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Without even realizing it, both are potatoes

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This needs to be refrigerated

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This is a product that must be kept in the refrigerator after purchase

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Can you see this?

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It says it’s delicious even when chilled

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So you don’t have to heat it

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You can drink it straight from the fridge

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If you heat it in the microwave, open the lid to the dotted line

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Please microwave it (heat it up)

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This time I’d like to drink it cold as it is

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Open the lid and leave it in the sink

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It looks like it’s going to spill

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This is how it looks

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Can you see it?

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I’ll take another shot separately

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Let’s take a photo just in case

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Since it’s potatoes, it’s a white soup

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Kind of like this

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What should I do, wait

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I’ll take it over there

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This side might be clearer

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I took a picture

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Well then, I’ll eat with a spoon

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Delicious

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I’ve always really liked soups made with potatoes

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It reminds me of the soup my mother used to make long ago

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It’s tasty, isn’t it?

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This kind of thing is nice, isn’t it?

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It’s easy to drink and it’s vegetables too

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In summer it’s so hot that sometimes you lose your appetite

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A soup like this is easy to drink, isn’t it?

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Even when it’s hot I have an appetite, so I’m not worried at all

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Well then, I’d like to introduce two grammar points

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Wait a moment, it disappeared

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The first grammar today is “dokoro de wa nai”

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In spoken language, it’s “dokoro janai”

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Before “dokoro de wa nai” / “dokoro janai”

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You use dictionary form verbs, ~te-iru verbs, or nouns

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As usual, I’ll give two example sentences

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First, listen and try to guess the meaning

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Example 1) I lost my phone yesterday, so I couldn’t focus on work

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Example 2) Shall we go to karaoke today?

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I have an interview tomorrow so I can’t think about that, sorry

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Shall we go to karaoke today?

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I have an interview tomorrow so I can’t think about that, sorry

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What do you think “dokoro de wa nai / dokoro janai” means?

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It means you’re not in a state to do ~

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It means you don’t have the leeway/time to do ~

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Because something is happening/has happened

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Because you don’t have the mental capacity to do ~

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It’s often used when you don’t have the time to do ~

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For example, sentence 1

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Yesterday I lost my phone and couldn’t focus on work

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Everyone, how would you feel mentally if you lost your phone?

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Wouldn’t you be worried? Wouldn’t you feel uneasy?

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I really become anxious

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Nowadays phones aren’t just for checking SNS

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For example, my phone has Suica in it

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So of course it’s scary, right?

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It’s scary because someone might use it without permission

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If I happened to lose my phone

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I probably wouldn’t be able to work

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Even while working, I’m so worried I can’t help it

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We probably did “shouganai” before too (introduced it)

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I lost my phone and I’m not in a state to work

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It means you don’t have the leeway

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Example sentence 2 is

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Shall we go to karaoke today?

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My friend invited me

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I was invited by my friend

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Using the passive form it becomes “sasowareru”

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But I have an interview tomorrow

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It’s an important interview

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I’ve been nervous all along

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I’m uneasy, I’m worried

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I don’t have the leeway to do other things

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I’m not in a state to do other things

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Especially no time to go out and have fun

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At this time, since I have an interview tomorrow, I can’t think about that

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“‘Sore’ refers to when a friend suggested going to karaoke, right?”

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Going to karaoke is “sore”

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It’s not the time for that

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So I’m saying sorry

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When apologizing to a friend, “gomen ne” or “gomen” is fine

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This way of apologizing also changes depending on your relationship with the person

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Now, the second grammar point

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Here it is

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Kanenai

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Before “kanenai” comes a verb in the -masu form

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I’ll give two example sentences, so listen and try to imagine the meaning

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Example 1

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If AI develops further, we might lose our current jobs

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Example 2

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If you keep gaining weight like this, you might get sick

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What do you think it means?

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The meaning of “kanenai” is simply that there is a possibility of ~

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But what kind of possibility do you think it is?

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In these two example sentences it appeared

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Might lose the current job

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Might get sick

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Is this something positive or negative?

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That’s right, it’s something negative

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The meaning of “kanenai” is “there is a possibility of ~”

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But what kind of possibility is there?

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It’s used when there is a possibility of a bad result

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Example 1) If AI develops further, we might lose our current jobs

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I really like my current job of teaching Japanese

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If I were to lose this job

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That would be a really bad result for me

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So I might lose it

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There is a possibility of losing it

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Because it’s a bad result, you can use “kanenai”

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Example 2) If you keep gaining weight like this, you might get sick

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For example, let’s say I gain 5 kilos this year

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Next year I’ll gain 10 kilos

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The year after next I’ll gain 20 kilos

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It’s not good for your health, right?

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At this point there’s a possibility of getting sick

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Therefore, we can say “you might get sick”

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Can I drink some soup?

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This is delicious

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There was actually one more besides this potato potage

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Maybe there are more varieties

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I think it was tomato

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I think it was probably tomato

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That also looked delicious

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The difference between “oishisou” (looks delicious) and “oishii” (is delicious), we also did this in a previous video

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Delicious

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Cold ones are nice, aren’t they?

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As expected, when it’s hot

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I often talk with students at school and acquaintances recently

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I’ve also been talking more with friends about AI

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Are you studying with AI now?

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Are you studying Japanese using things like ChatGPT?

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It’s really convenient, isn’t it?

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I also asked Patreon members the other day

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If there are people working now

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Your current job is…

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Do you think AI will be able to do everything in the future?

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When I asked Patreon members

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Most people said for example in 5 or 10 years

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There’s a possibility that AI will do your current job

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Many people were saying that

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On the other hand, what are the jobs AI can’t do?

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Or rather, it’s strange to say “I don’t want AI to do it”

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What I told students the other day

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I was talking about doctors, hospital doctors

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And also hairdressers, people who cut hair

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I still think I’d prefer humans to do it after all

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This is really just my personal opinion

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I’m not trying to force my opinion on you

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This is just what I thought

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I wondered what you all think, so I asked now

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When I talked with the shop staff the other day

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In the future, people might say “This shop staff is human!”

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We were talking about how that might surprise people

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Recently in Japan, even chain stores have machines delivering food

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There are such shops too

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And since you order with a touch panel

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Sometimes from entering to leaving the shop, you don’t talk to a person even once

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But this might increase in the future

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It might become normal that humans don’t provide the service anymore

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I wonder if someday that will become something special

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What about you all?

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Do you usually use AI?

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Do you use AI for studying or working?

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If you don’t mind, please tell me in the comments

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Well, I’d like to end it here for today

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Thank you so much for always watching

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See you again next time

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The link is in the description of this video

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Thank you always for watching and supporting!!

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