arigato

See also: arigatò, arigatô, and arigatō

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese ありがとう (arigatō, “thank you”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɑːɹiˈɡɑːtoʊ/, /æ-/, /-ɹɪ-/, /-ɡæ-/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɑːɹiˈɡɑːtəʊ/, /æ-/, /-ɹɪ-/, /-ɡæ-/
• Rhymes: -ɑːtəʊ, -ætəʊ

Interjection

arigato

1. (colloquial) Thank you (used in the context of, or to evoke, Japanese culture).
   • 1974, Neville "Noddy" Holder, Jim Lea (lyrics and music), “Far Far Away”, in Slade in Flame (UK 7" vinyl single, 11 Oct 1974; UK LP as either 12" vinyl or cassette tape, 29 Nov 1974; US 12" vinyl LP, 1975 ?June), performed by Slade, Polydor (London, UK) 2058 522, 2442 146, 3170 209; Warner Bros (Los Angeles, USA) BS 2865; no US 7" release; no US LP release till 1975:

     And though those arigato smiles/Stay in your memory for a while/There still seems more to come

Translations

“thank you”, used in the context of, or to evoke, Japanese culture

• Arabic: اَرِيقَاتُو (arīqātū), آرِيجَاتُو (ʔārījātū), أَرِيغَاتُو (ʔarīḡātū)
• Armenian: արիգատօ (arigatō)
• Catalan: arigató
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 阿裏嘎托 / 阿里嘎托 (ālǐgātuō)

• Czech: arigató
• Finnish: arigato
• French: arigato, arigatô
• Georgian: არიგატო (arigaṭo)
• Greek: αριγκατό (arigkató), αριγκάτο (arigkáto)
• Hebrew: אַרִיגָטוֹ (arigató)
• Hungarian: arigató
• Italian: arigatò, arigató
• Japanese: ありがとう (ja) (arigatō)
• Korean: 아리가토 (arigato), 아리가토우 (arigatou), 아리가또 (arigatto)
• Polish: arigato
• Portuguese: arigatô (pt)
• Russian: аригато́ (arigató)
• Slovak: arigató
• Spanish: arigató
• Ukrainian: аріґато (arigato)
• Yiddish: אַריגאַטאָ (arigato)

Anagrams

• agarito

Esperanto

Verb

arigato (accusative singular arigaton, plural arigatoj, accusative plural arigatojn)

1. singular present nominal passive participle of arigi

Japanese

Romanization

arigato

1. Rōmaji transcription of ありがと