ありがとうございます
ありがとうございます
hepburn arigatougozaimasu
thank you (polite)
Part of speech · expression
Pattern visualization
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Examples
- ありがとうございます。Thank you (formal).
- いつもありがとうございます。Thank you as always.
Collocations
ありがとうございます (arigatou gozaimasu, thank you — polite)ありがとうございました (past — for completed favor)ありがとう (arigatou, casual)どうもありがとう (doumo arigatou, "thanks a lot")感謝 (kansha, gratitude — formal noun)
Mnemonic
ありがとうございます arigatou gozaimasu — etymology: 有り難い (arigatai, "hard to exist / rare") + ございます. Originally Buddhist: gratitude for the cosmically rare gift of human birth, fortune, or kindness. The Dhammapada line 「人身受け難し、今すでに受く」 ("human birth is hard to receive, yet now received") seeds the term. Everyday "thanks" packs religious cosmology. Tense split: ありがとうございます (ongoing/present gratitude) vs ありがとうございました (for a completed favor) — restaurants you're leaving, gifts already received use ました. One word compresses Buddhist thought, tense grammar, and social ritual.
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Etymological meaning of arigatou?