ありがとう
ありがとう · arigatou · JLPT N3 · expression
Thank you
🙏 有り難う = exist + hard: a kindness so rare it earns thanks
From arigatai 有り難い, made of aru (to exist) + katai (difficult). Something that hardly ever exists is precious, so the word came to mean gratitude. Sound hook: alligator, so ari-gator-ou means thank you.