どうも

どうも · doumo · JLPT N5 · expression

Thank you

dou (how) + mo (ever) = however you try; short for doumo arigatou

Built from dou (how) plus mo (even/ever): in whatever way, hence somehow or no matter how one tries. As thanks it is a clipped doumo arigatou, literally very much thanks, with the thanks left unsaid.

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