ありがとうございます

Japanese phrasebook

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Phrase consisting of ありがとう (arigatō, “thank you”) +‎ ございます (gozaimasu, “to be, it is”, formal). Literal meaning closer to “it is welcome”, but semantically and contextually used to mean “thank you”.

• (Tokyo) ありがとーございます (Nakadaka – )
• IPA^(key):

ありがとうございます • (arigatō gozaimasu) ^{←ありがたうございます (arigatau gozaimasu)?}

1. thank you very much

   教(おし)えてくれてありがとうございます。

   Oshiete kurete arigatō gozaimasu.

   Thank you for telling me about it.

   いつもご利(り)用(よう)ありがとうございます。

   Itsumo go-riyō arigatō gozaimasu.

   Thank you for always using our services.

Most often written in hiragana. May occasionally be spelled in kanji various ways. Generally, the more kanji used, the more formal the written form. The following lists alternative forms in rough order from casual to formal.

Expressions of thanks are given below in rough order of casual to polite. Note that gozaimasu changes to gozaimashita when referring to events in the past.

• どうも (dōmo)
• おおきに (ōkini) (chiefly Kansai)
• ありがとう (arigatō)
• どうもありがとう (dōmo arigatō)
• ありがとうございます (arigatō gozaimasu)
• どうもありがとうございます (dōmo arigatō gozaimasu)

• ありがとうございました (arigatō gozaimashita)