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Japanese translation: ありがとう (arigatou)


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English term or phrase:thank you
Japanese translation:ありがとう (arigatou)
Entered by: Katalin Horvath McClure
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18:59 Apr 12, 2002
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
English term or phrase: thank you
In everyday conversation. When expressing gratitude.
Barry Horner
ありがとう (arigatou)
Explanation:
There are a few versions:
ありがとう (arigatou) - casual way of saying it
ありがとうございます (arigatou gozaimasu) - more formal way
ありがとうございました (arigatou gozaimashita) - when you thanking something done in the past

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Note added at 2002-04-12 19:12:24 (GMT)
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You can add どうも　(doumo) in front of each expression to make them more polite, or to say ¥"Thank you very much¥"
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Katalin Horvath McClure
United States
Local time: 16:20
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Summary of answers provided
5 +3ありがとう (arigatou)
Katalin Horvath McClure
4ありがとう
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
4 -1Arigato [arigato:]
Oleg Prots


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
ありがとう (arigatou)


Explanation:
There are a few versions:
ありがとう (arigatou) - casual way of saying it
ありがとうございます (arigatou gozaimasu) - more formal way
ありがとうございました (arigatou gozaimashita) - when you thanking something done in the past

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Note added at 2002-04-12 19:12:24 (GMT)
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You can add どうも　(doumo) in front of each expression to make them more polite, or to say ¥"Thank you very much¥"

Katalin Horvath McClure
United States
Local time: 16:20
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
PRO pts in pair: 151
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Yoko Emori
17 mins
agree  nital yatin
57 mins
agree  Philip Soldini: Or you could just say "doumo" by itself, which is colloquial.
7 hrs
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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
Arigato [arigato:]


Explanation:
The problem is how to spell it :
a - as in brass or garden
r - as usually
i - like in kid
g - like in green
a - the same as the first
t - as usually
o - long 'o', but not 'ou'

Other possible variants:
Arigato godzaimasu
('a' is everywhere like the first one,
'u' in the end is hardly ever pronounced)

Domo arigato godzaimashita - to express gratitude and respect. Very polite form.

Oleg Prots
Ukraine
Local time: 23:20
Native speaker of: Native in UkrainianUkrainian

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Katalin Horvath McClure: There is no point in arguing about pronunciation unless we attach a sound file.There're several standards of writing Japanese phonetically, I use the ICU textbook standard, where long o's written as ou. Sound Z and DZ are different.Here, Z is the correct.
22 hrs
  -> I had not the slightest intention to argue with anyone. I started writing my answer when there were no variants proposed and I was trying to give the Asker the idea of how to pronounce it. I also won't argue about spelling, but I have my opinion.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ありがとう


Explanation:
colloquial


    Reference: http://wwwd.nova.co.jp/webdic/webdic.html
    Reference: http://www.kotoba.ne.jp
Soonthon LUPKITARO(Ph.D.)
Thailand
Local time: 03:20
Native speaker of: Native in ThaiThai
PRO pts in pair: 179
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