ありがとう

thank you

arigatou

Quiz

Episode 2· Sorry & Thank You in Japanese

JLPT: N3
Frequency: #583

Meanings

1
thank you; thanksinterjection

JMdict 1586820

In a sentence

How it works

Two beats with a pause between them: first the casual thanks ありがとう (thank you), then the reason. The verb 助かる(たすかる) (to be helped) shifts into polite past 助かりました(たすかりました) (was a big help) — the 〜ました (polite past) ending stacks polite plus past, so it lands as a warm, finished “that really saved me.”