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‘Gamsaje’ means ‘thanksgiving ritual’ to thank God for his grace in a dictionary sense. Meanwhile, in Japan, there is Uniqlo’s ‘Gamsaje (thanksgiving event)’, and it is also used as a discount festival to express gratitude to customers. This study examined the meanings and degrees of using the expressions of ‘Gamsaje’ in Korean society focusing on newspaper articles. There are three kinds of ‘Gamsaje’: one is ‘Gamsaje (監査制)’ used as an audit system for corporate accounting or properties, the other is ‘Gamsaje’ to offer gratitude to God, and the third is a thanksgiving festival to give a thank-you sale to customers. Particularly, the last meaning was influenced by Uniqlo’s thanksgiving event greatly, and as a result, it came to be used commonly.