whats the difference between arigatou and arigatou gazaimasu - Feed Post by Jrbrwn19

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  lawliets

  "Arigatou gozaimasu" is more formal, I believe.

  March 12, 2015 at 11:12pm
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  Kakka_rotSRL

  If you wanna be super nice go ahead and put the ども in the front.

  March 12, 2015 at 11:32pm
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  atomichan

  "arigatou" is casual and "arigatou gozaimasu" is formal

  March 12, 2015 at 11:36pm
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  Jrbrwn19

  Thanks
  

  March 13, 2015 at 1:01am
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  Austindesu7

  Pretty much arigatou is thank you, and arigatou gozaimasu is thank you very much. At least that's my understanding but don't take my word for it.

  March 13, 2015 at 6:31am
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  deladuck

  what does ども mean?

  March 14, 2015 at 12:57pm
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  lawliets

  I think you mean どうも, right?
  
  どうも → originally meant "very" or something along that line
  どうもありがとう → thank you very much/so much (pretty formal)
  However, now, if you just say どうも alone, it means "thanks". But I'm not sure if you can only say どうも in informal situations or not.

  March 15, 2015 at 7:24am