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ありがとう

N5
arigatou
  1. Thank you
interjection

Also written 有難う

Chinese meanings

谢谢

Examples

  • はるばる来きてくれてありがとう。
    It was nice of you to come all the way.
    谢谢你远道而来。
  • そうおっしゃって下くださってありがとう。
    It's very kind of you to say so.
    谢谢您这么说。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('93461820fe'); // ありがとう
{
  "id": "93461820fe",
  "word": "ありがとう",
  "reading": "ありがとう",
  "romaji": "arigatou",
  "meanings": [
    "Thank you"
  ],
  "level": "N5",
  "pos": [
    "int"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1586820,
  "other_forms": [
    "有難う"
  ],
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "はるばる来てくれてありがとう。",
      "furigana": "はるばる{来|き}てくれてありがとう。",
      "en": "It was nice of you to come all the way.",
      "tatoeba_id": 197814
    },
    {
      "ja": "そうおっしゃって下さってありがとう。",
      "furigana": "そうおっしゃって{下|くだ}さってありがとう。",
      "en": "It's very kind of you to say so.",
      "tatoeba_id": 213900
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "7a572755edde8b6ff5749dc38800d735e9fa62eea9dcbe9a89fb15e2b5c328a9",
    "meanings": [
      "谢谢"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "はるばる来てくれてありがとう。",
        "zh": "谢谢你远道而来。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "そうおっしゃって下さってありがとう。",
        "zh": "谢谢您这么说。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n5/93461820fe",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "6d47d43d21a7b8d5dccbc832685fef945bc5e3a761d82a1875e8191044823ddb"
  }
}