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ご苦労様 (ごくろうさま): Thank you for your hard work — Japanese vocabulary

ご苦労様 is read ごくろうさま and means "Thank you for your hard work". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

ご苦労様

Reading
ごくろうさま · gokurousama
Translation
Thank you for your hard work
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
ごくろうさまが

Example

ご苦労様でした。

ごくろうさまでした。

Thank you for your trouble.

Kanji in this word

  • 苦 — painful, bitter
  • 労 — Labor, Thank For, Reward For
  • 様 — manner, Mr/Ms

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