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Google translates it as "you care" and my guide says it is used to say "I'll
be careful." From the structure I can figure out that き means something like
care and つけます would be something like "be." Please help.
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How does き を つけます translate to I'll be careful?
You appear unskilled at Japanese, so allow me to break it down. 気{き}を付{つ}ける is
to be taken as a single phrase. Literally you could say it means 'attach your
mind', i.e. be mindful. In Japanese, pronouns such as _I_ , _you_ , and _she_
may omitted if they are easily divined by context. Finally ます is attached to
verbs to make them more polite, in this case replacing る. All in all 気を付けます is
a courteous way of saying 'I will be careful' or 'I will take care.'
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Put plainly ,just translates as,

  * 気{き}をつける
  * I will be careful

Some things just can't be literally translated in Japanese to English. So
there is no way to really break it down like you would like to.

「気{き}」 on its own has a broad amount of meanings and when used with other
Kanji or in conjunction with a phrase can take on quite a few meanings.

ie,

  * 空気{くうき} = air
  * 大気{たいき} = atmosphere
  * 気{き}が大{おお}きい = generous
  * 気{き}の強{つよ}い = strong willed
  * 気{き}を落{お}とす = lose heart
  * 気{き}を落{お}ち着{つ}ける = calm oneself

As you can see in the last 4 examples, they are similar expressions to
「気{き}をつける」That the whole phrase make the meaning. There are a lot of Japanese
expressions like this using many different Kanji and meanings.
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気を付ける literally means **(I) attach feelings (to something)**. It means that
you will do something with much thought. Therefore not being careless...

Using this context, we can translate it naturally as **I will be careful**.

_It's like English metaphors of 'You are the bee knees!" or "A piece of
cake!"_
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Somehow a one track answer seemed to slip into this. I am not at all an expert
in Japanese - far from it. However, I have 600-1000 Japanese students per year
come stay at my host family homes. In my experience and you can take it to the
bank, this phrase is more commonly used to tell another person to be careful.
It may be used as I will be careful, but that is not it's normal and typical
use. A mother would be telling her child be careful when they're riding a
bike, or potentially doing something dangerous like cutting a carrot.
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