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    3. ご苦労様

    ご苦労様

    ご​苦く労ろう様さま

    thank you (for your hard work)

    N1KMT9News #30+1CoreRef L1AdjectiveDaily LifeKanji Vocab33 strokes

    ご苦労さま御苦労様御苦労さま

    ごくろうさま

    Adjective

    1.
    thank you (for your hard work), I appreciate your efforts
    polite (teineigo) language

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    お仕し事ごと、ご苦く労ろう様さまでした。

    Thank you for your hard work.

    KMT7Daily LifeWork & Career
    今きょ日うも一いち日にち、ご苦く労ろう様さまでした。ゆっくり休やすんでください。

    Thank you for your hard work today. Please rest well.

    KMT8Daily Life
    長ちょう時じ間かんの会かい議ぎ、ご苦く労ろう様さまでした。

    Thank you for your hard work during the long meeting.

    KMT9Daily LifeWork & Career
    皆みなさんのご尽じん力りょく、本ほん当とうにご苦く労ろう様さまでした。

    Thank you all very much for your dedicated efforts.

    KMT9Daily LifeWork & Career
    遠とおいところまで来きてくれて、ご苦く労ろう様さま。

    Thank you for coming all this way.

    KMT9Daily LifeTravel & Transportation

    Characters that make up this word

    苦
    くる.しい・-ぐる.しい・くる.しむ・くる.しめる・にが.い・にが.る…(1)
    suffering・trial・worry・hardship・feel bitter…(1)
    Kanji
    労
    ろう.する・いたわ.る・いた.ずき・ねぎら・つか.れる・ねぎら.う…(1)
    labor・thank for・reward for・toil・trouble
    Kanji
    様
    さま・さん…(2)
    Esq.・way・manner・situation・polite suffix
    Kanji
    ご
    go
    Kana
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