頂きます
Japanese edit
Japanese phrasebook
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Kanji in this term |
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頂 |
いただ Grade: 6 |
kun’yomi |
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戴きます いただきます |
Etymology edit
The regular formal or polite conjugation of humble verb 頂く (itadaku, “to humbly receive”).[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
Phrase edit
頂きます • (itadakimasu)
Usage notes edit
- The "let's eat" sense is used when said before starting a meal.
This usage and intent is vaguely similar to the custom among some English speakers to say grace before a meal, as a recognition of thankfulness for the food. - At the end of a meal, Japanese speakers say ご馳走様でした (go-chisō-sama deshita, “it was a feast”).
See also edit
- 잘 먹겠습니다 (jal meokgetseumnida) (Korean equivalent)
Verb edit
頂きます • (itadakimasu)