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The effect of positive psychology approach has seen an increase in research on the fact of "sugar" in recent years. Positive psychology aims to make a person able to live his daily life happier and healthier through exposing and supporting his positive aspects. In this context, the studies on the fact of gratitude have revealed the positive effects of gratitude on human life. But, unlike many cultures, it is known that in Japan thanksgiving situations, in addition to positive emotions such as ‘satisfaction’, negative emotions such as ‘crime’ are also known. This is an example of the Japanese language and culture to be studied. In this study, the view of the Japanese people’s thanksgiving phenomenon will be drawn up. The state of gratitude that the Japanese often experience, the emotions they feel in those situations, the linguistic reflections of these emotions and the moral judgments behind it will form the main framework of the study. With the effect of the positive psychology approach, there has been an increase in the number of studies on the phenomenon of 'gratitude' in recent years. Positive psychology aims to enable the individual to live his/her daily life happier and healthier by revealing and supporting his/her positive aspects. In this context, the positive effects of gratitude on human life have been revealed in studies conducted on the phenomenon of gratitude. But unlike many cultures, in Japan, in addition to positive feelings such as 'pleasure' in gratitude; negative feelings such as 'guiltiness' are also known to occur. With this feature, Japanese language and culture emerges as an example to be studied. In this study, Japanese people's perspective on the phenomenon of gratitude is studied. The phenomenon of gratitude that Japanese often experience, the emotions they feel in these situations, the linguistic reflections of these feelings, and the moral judgments behind it will be the main framework of the study.

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