Japanese Word of the Week: Thank you!

Hello, friends and readers!

Here is the second Japanese word of the week!!

This week the word is 

ありがとう

arigatou

(ah-ri-ga-toe)

thank you!

Similarly to most Japanese phrases, "thank you" varies in degrees of politeness and formality. To help you understand this, I have made a handy chart!

Hiragana	Romaji	pronunciation	Who you would say it to
ども	Domo	Doh-mo	Very close friend
ありがとう	arigatou	Ah-ri-ga-toe	Peer/close family member
ありがとうございます	arigatou gozaimasu	Ah-r-ga-toe go-z-eye-mas	Teacher
ありがとうございました	arigatou gozaimashita	Ah-r-ga-toe go-z-eye-mah-sh-tah	Visiting teacher, government official
ども ありがとうございました	domo arigatou gozaimashita	Doh-mo Ah-r-ga-toe go-z-eye-mah-sh-tah	Literally the emperor