お疲れ様でした

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
疲	様
つか Grade: S	さま Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative forms

御 (お)疲 (つか)れ様 (さま)でした (o-tsukare-sama deshita)

Etymology

Consists of お (o, honorific prefix) + 疲れ (tsukare, “tiredness, fatigue”), the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem form”) of verb 疲れる (tsukareru, “to become tired or fatigued”) + 様 (sama, honorific suffix) + でした (deshita, “it was”, past tense of copula です desu “it is”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [o̞t͡sɯ̥ᵝka̠ɺ̠e̞ sa̠ma̠ de̞ɕi̥ta̠]

Phrase

お疲れ様でした (hiragana おつかれさまでした, rōmaji o-tsukare-sama deshita)

I appreciate your efforts, thank you very much, good work

Usage notes

Can be used as a catch-all greeting of sorts when passing a coworker in the hall on the way home at the end of the day. The deshita on the end indicates that whatever the speaker is referring to is finished. Consequently, it is considered inappropriate for someone leaving work to say this to someone staying at work; in that case, お疲れ様です (otsukare-sama desu) would be used instead.

Synonyms

ご苦 (く)労様 (ろうさま)でした (go-kurō-sama deshita)

Related terms

お疲 (つか)れ様 (さま)です (o-tsukare-sama desu)

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