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

(colloquial) Thank you (used in the context of, or to evoke, Japanese culture).
- 1974, Neville "Noddy" Holder, Jim Lea, “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)

singular present nominal passive participle of arigi

Japanese

Romanization

arigato

Rōmaji transcription of ありがと