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Japanese Translation, can you tell me what ありがとう means in english?
my ex girlfriend sent me a message but the itranslate plugin was not able to translate this japanese script.
thanks for your answers, i imagine the script is in hiragana, my computer does not have the japanese language pack loaded so it shows up as squares.
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Arigatou means "thank you" in English. When you look at the Chinese characters 有難う (ari: is/exists; gatou: difficulty) you are literally saying that what someone did for you was difficult for them, so, you are grateful.
Source(s): Professional translator with 20+ years experience. - 1 decade ago
My computer cannot translate the script either - all I see is five boxes. Unless you're looking for what five little squares mean, you may have to try another way to get the info you need. Good luck, though!
- CharleneLv 45 years ago
Google translater: Hello, let alone start. I love you for the illustration, Thank you. In the production configuration, and there It's a What What? Please tell me you may want. @Dan: well done. You just copied my text.
- SCOTLANDLv 51 decade ago
the phonethic translation of those 5 caractheres is a-ri-ga -to-o
which means thank you in japanese
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- 1 decade ago
it simply means "thank you",and in case you want to know how they say it a formal way,its "domo arigato gozaimasu","dou itashi mashite"(your welcome)
Source(s): living in japan