またお越しください
mata okoshi kudasai
The English phrase "thank you come again" is expressed in Japanese as またお越しください (mata okoshi kudasai).
This phrase is used by staff in service industries, such as shops or restaurants, to customers as they are leaving. It serves as a polite way to thank a customer and invite them to return.
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase literally means "please come again": mata means "again", okoshi is the polite form of "to come" and kudasai means "please".
Which one should you use?
While またお越しください is used by staff to customers, the phrase また来てね is an informal way to say "come again" used between friends.
Is there a formal and an informal way to say it?
またお越しください is highly polite and is appropriate for professional business-to-customer interactions.
How do you pronounce it?
mata okoshi kudasai
Did you know?
- The verb component お越し (okoshi) is a special honorific form that is grammatically restricted. It is used exclusively for the movement of others toward the speaker and can never be used to describe one's own movement.
- In luxury retail, staff may remain in a deep bow while saying またお越しください and continue holding that position until the customer has fully exited the store.
- The phrase is often delivered in a rhythmic, chant-like tone that mirrors the stylized way staff shout いらっしゃいませ (welcome) upon a customer's entry.
Examples in context
- またお越しください。Mata okoshi kudasai.Please come again.
- ぜひ、またお越しください。Zehi, mata okoshi kudasai.Please, do come again.
Example conversation
Misaki is a shopkeeper and Hiroto is a customer leaving her store.
- 美咲 Misakiありがとうございました。またお越しください。Arigatou gozaimashita. Mata okoshi kudasai.Thank you very much. Please come again.
- 大翔 Hirotoはい、また来ます。Hai, mata kimasu.Yes, I will come again.
- 美咲 Misakiお待ちしております。Omachi shite orimasu.We look forward to seeing you.
- 大翔 Hirotoさようなら。Sayounara.Goodbye.
