いってきます

Japanese

Japanese phrasebook

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A grid showing Japanese phrases in romaji and hiragana along with English translations for arriving or departing (e.g., a home). Includes both statements by the person coming or going and response from others in the home.

For pronunciation and definitions of いってきます – see the following entry.

【行って来ます】 [interjection] see you later (said by a person leaving, a stock phrase required by the Japanese etiquette, lit.: (after) going, I will come back) Alternative spelling 行ってきます

(This term, いってきます (ittekimasu), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)