ありがとうございます、ご主人様
arigatou gozaimasu, goshujin-sama
The English phrase "thank you, master" is expressed in Japanese as ありがとうございます、ご主人様 (arigatou gozaimasu, goshujin-sama).
This phrase is a polite expression of gratitude used by a servant or subordinate to address their employer or owner. It is most commonly associated with fictional contexts, such as anime or manga, specifically in tropes involving maids or highly devoted servants.
Which one should you use?
ありがとうございます、ご主人様 is the formal version of the phrase. For a casual way to say "thank you, master," you can use ありがとう、マスター. Additionally, if you wish to say "Thank you for your hard work, master" informally, you would use お疲れ様、マスター.
How do you pronounce it?
arigatou gozaimasu, goshujin-sama
Did you know?
- While ご主人様 (goshujin-sama) means 'master', the word 主人 (shujin) on its own is often used by married women to refer to their own husbands in a formal, traditional manner.
- In modern Japanese, the word マスター (masutā) is almost exclusively used to refer to a male bartender or a shop owner, rather than a feudal lord or a literal master.
- The suffix 様 (sama) used in ご主人様 is an extremely high-level honorific that, in real-life modern Japanese, can sound unnervingly intense or even theatrical if used outside of fiction.
Examples in context
- お褒めいただき、ありがとうございます、ご主人様。Ohome itadaki, arigatou gozaimasu, goshujin-sama.Thank you for your kind words, master.
Example conversation
A maid serves tea to her employer in a living room.
- 陽葵 Himariお茶でございます。o-cha de gozaimasu.Here is your tea.
- 健太 Kentaちょうど欲しかったところだ。ありがとう。choudo hoshikatta tokoro da. arigatou.I wanted some right now. Thank you.
- 陽葵 Himariありがとうございます、ご主人様。arigatou gozaimasu, goshujin-sama.Thank you, master.
- 健太 Kentaいい子だね、陽葵。ii ko da ne, Himari.You're a good girl, Himari.
