ごちそうさま

ごちそうさま · gochisousama · JLPT N2 · expression

Thank you for the meal

🍽️ ご (honorific) + 馳走 (feast) + さま (honorific) = thanks for the honored feast

馳走 (chisou) originally meant running about to prepare a lavish feast. Said after a meal to thank the host, and the honorifics ご and さま make it polite.

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