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ご馳走様でした

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
馳 走 様
ち
Jinmeiyō 		そう
Grade: 2 		さま
Grade: 3
kan'on kun'yomi
Alternative spellings
ご馳走樣でした (kyūjitai)
御馳走様でした
ごちそうさまでした
ご馳走様 (shortened)
ごちそうさま (shortened)

Etymology

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Phrase composed of 御 (go, honorific prefix) +‎ 馳走 (chisō, “treat, banquet, feast”) +‎ 様 (sama, honorific suffix) +‎ でした (deshita, “was”, polite past-tense form of the copula だ (da)).[1][2] Literally, “it was a feast”.

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) ごちそーさまでした [gòchísóósámá déshítá] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [ɡo̞t͡ɕi̥so̞ːsa̠ma̠ de̞ɕi̥ta̠]

Phrase

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ご馳(ち)走(そう)様(さま)でした • (go-chisō-sama deshita) 

  1. it was delicious

Usage notes

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  • This is a stock phrase required by Japanese etiquette at the end of a meal.
  • At the start of a meal, Japanese speakers say 頂(いただ)きます (itadakimasu).

References

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  1. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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