Saying "Your welcome"

McCrutch67 · 27 Feb 2005

I was wondering if there was a "you're welcome" statement in japanese. There are all the normal beginning learning a language type phrases like please(onegai shimasu/kudasai), thank you(arigatou), and other stuff like that but I don't know if there's any kind of response to "thank you." Do they have generic being-polite responses for thank you?

Stutz · 27 Feb 2005

From what I've heard, it's always "Dou Itashimashite." but that's for formal situations and there are probably others that are less or more formal.

Elizabeth · 27 Feb 2005

Simply saying "いいえ" is very common, there may be others as well though.

Sensuikan San · 27 Feb 2005

I think Stutz is right. I do hope so ... I've been practising it for a long time, now !

TwistedMac · 27 Feb 2005

Elizabeth said:
Simply saying "いいえ" is very common, there may be others as well though.

Feels a lot like if you'd say "no, not at all"... Which I guess is very Japanese

(wooo, 3000 posts eliza! cause for celebration!)

orochi · 27 Feb 2005

どういたしまして is not used too often and is considered by many (Japanese included) to be kind of "textbook Japanese." You're much better off saying いいえ or いいよ or something similar, depending on the formality required. You could even say こちらこそ which would translate roughly to "No, no, thank you."

J44xm · 28 Feb 2005

Great info, Orochi. Thanks.

Leroy_Brown · 1 Mar 2005

Someone once told me to remember "Dou itashimashite" as "Don't touch my mustache"

Alter Zetsuei · 2 Mar 2005

Leroy_Brown said:
Someone once told me to remember "Dou itashimashite" as "Don't touch my mustache"

Wow, for me this is a whole new way of studying for exams!

Saying "Your welcome"

McCrutch67

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Stutz

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Elizabeth

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Sensuikan San

The Geezer

TwistedMac

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orochi

便利屋

J44xm

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Leroy_Brown

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Alter Zetsuei

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