"ありがとうございます" meaning in Japanese

See ありがとうございます in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [a̠ɾiɡa̠to̞ː ɡo̞za̠ima̠sɯᵝ], [a̠ɾiŋa̠to̞ː ɡo̞za̠ima̠sɯᵝ], [a̠ɾiɡa̠to̞ː ɡo̞za̠ima̠sɯ̥ᵝ], [a̠ɾiŋa̠to̞ː ɡo̞za̠ima̠sɯ̥ᵝ] Forms: arigatō gozaimasu [romanization], arigatau gozaimasu [romanization], ありがたうございます [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: 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”. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|ありがとう|ございます|pos2=formal|t1=thank you|t2=to be, it is|tr1=arigatō|tr2=gozaimasu}} ありがとう (arigatō, “thank you”) + ございます (gozaimasu, “to be, it is”, formal) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|ありがとう ございます|hhira=ありがたう ございます}} 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 Synonyms: 有難うございます (arigatō gozaimasu) (ruby: (あり), (がと)), 有り難うございます (arigatō gozaimasu) (ruby: (), (がと)), 有難う御座います (arigatō gozaimasu) (ruby: (あり), (がと), (), ()), 有り難う御座います (arigatō gozaimasu) (ruby: (), (がと), (), ()) Related terms: ありがとうございました (arigatō gozaimashita) Coordinate_terms: どうも (dōmo), おおきに (ōkini) [Kansai], ありがとう (arigatō), どうもありがとう (dōmo arigatō), どうもありがとうございます (dōmo arigatō gozaimasu)

Alternative forms

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