"ありがとう" meaning in Japanese

See ありがとう in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: [a̠ɾʲiɡa̠to̞ː], [a̠˨ɾi˦ɡ̃a̠˨to̞ː˨˨] (note: Tōkyō), [a̠˨ɾi˦ɡ̃a̠˦to̞ː˨˨] (note: Nagoya), [a̠˨ɾi˨ɡ̃a̠˨to̞ː˦˨] (note: Osaka), [a̠˨ɾi˨ɡ̃a̠˨to̞ː˦˦] [Kagoshima] Forms: arigatō [romanization], arigatau [romanization], ありがたう [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Phonetic shift: /ariɡataku/ → /ariɡatau/ → /ariɡatoː/. From ありがたく (arigataku), the adverbial form of Old Japanese and Classical Japanese adjective ありがたし (arigatashi, modern ありがたい arigatai, “grateful, thankful; welcome”), from 有り (ari, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 有る aru, “to exist, to be”) + 難し (katashi, “hard, difficult”, 難い katai in modern Japanese). The katashi changes to gatashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Modern Japanese -i adjectives formerly ended in -ki for the attributive form. This medial /k/ dropped out during the Muromachi period, both for the attributive form (-ki becoming -i) and for the adverbial form (-ku becoming -u). However, the adverbial form reverted back to -ku thereafter for most words, with the -u ending persisting in certain everyday set expressions, such as arigatō, おはよう (ohayō), or おめでとう (omedetō), and in hyper-formal speech. Arigatashi is first attested in the oldest literature of the 8th century. It originally meant “difficult to exist, hard to be”, shifting to “rare, special”, and then to “welcome, thankful, nice to have” by some time in the 15th century. This sense is still in use: : この天(てん)気(き)はありがたいね。 ― Kono tenki wa arigatai ne. ― This weather sure is welcome (lit. This weather sure is hard to come by). The similarity to Portuguese obrigado (“thank you”) is purely coincidental; the Portuguese first arrived in Japan in 1543, well over a century after citations expressing gratitude are found. Etymology templates: {{inh|ja|ojp|-}} Old Japanese, {{compound|ja|有り|難い|alt2=難し|pos1=the <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">連用形</i> (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb <i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">有る</i> aru, “to exist, to be”|pos2=<i class="Jpan mention" lang="ja">難い</i> katai in modern Japanese|t2=hard, difficult|tr1=ari|tr2=katashi}} 有り (ari, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, continuative or stem form) of verb 有る aru, “to exist, to be”) + 難し (katashi, “hard, difficult”, 難い katai in modern Japanese), {{sortkey|ja|ありがとう}} ありかとう', {{rendaku2|katashi|gatashi}} The katashi changes to gatashi as an instance of rendaku (連濁)., {{ja-r|おはよう}} おはよう (ohayō), {{ja-r|おめでとう}} おめでとう (omedetō), {{furigana|この天%気はありがたいね。|^この てん%き は ありがたい ね。}} この天(てん)気(き)はありがたいね。, {{xlit|ja|^この てん%き は ありがたい ね。|sc=Hrkt}} Kono tenki wa arigatai ne., {{ux|ja|この<ruby>天<rp>(</rp><rt>てん</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby><ruby>気<rp>(</rp><rt>き</rt><rp>)</rp></ruby>はありがたいね。|This weather sure is welcome (lit. This weather sure is hard to come by).|inline=1|lit=|tr=Kono tenki wa arigatai ne.}} この天(てん)気(き)はありがたいね。 ― Kono tenki wa arigatai ne. ― This weather sure is welcome (lit. This weather sure is hard to come by)., {{ja-usex-inline|この天%気はありがたいね。|^この てん%き は ありがたい ね。|This weather sure is welcome (lit. This weather sure is hard to come by).}} この天(てん)気(き)はありがたいね。 ― Kono tenki wa arigatai ne. ― This weather sure is welcome (lit. This weather sure is hard to come by)., {{cog|pt|obrigado||thank you}} Portuguese obrigado (“thank you”) Head templates: {{ja-pos|interjection|hhira=ありがたう}} ありがとう • (arigatō) ^(←ありがたう (arigatau)?)
  1. an expression of thankfulness: thank you Wikipedia link: Daijirin, Daijisen, Muromachi period, ja:松村明 Synonyms: あんがと (angato) (english: very colloquial) Coordinate_terms: どうも (dōmo), おおきに (ōkini) [Kansai], 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)

Alternative forms

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    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠˨ɾi˦ɡ̃a̠˦to̞ː˨˨]",
      "note": "Nagoya"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠˨ɾi˨ɡ̃a̠˨to̞ː˦˨]",
      "note": "Osaka"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[a̠˨ɾi˨ɡ̃a̠˨to̞ː˦˦]",
      "tags": [
        "Kagoshima"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "very colloquial",
      "roman": "angato",
      "word": "あんがと"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ありがとう"
}

Download raw JSONL data for ありがとう meaning in Japanese (6.5kB)

{
  "called_from": "parser/304",
  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "ありがとう"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "interjection",
  "title": "ありがとう",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

{
  "called_from": "parser/1336",
  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
  "path": [
    "ありがとう"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "interjection",
  "title": "ありがとう",
  "trace": ""
}

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