arigato
/ˌɑːɹiˈɡɑːtoʊ/interjection
arigato is an interjection meaning “Thank you (used in the context of, or to evoke, Japanese culture)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-I-G-A-T-O, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does arigato mean?
interjection
- 1
colloquialThank you (used in the context of, or to evoke, Japanese culture).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce arigato?
- US /ˌɑːɹiˈɡɑːtoʊ/
- US /æ-/
- US /-ɹɪ-/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is arigato?
Arigato appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 109,062nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Arigato in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense “thank you”, used in the context of, or to evoke, Japanese culture:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | arigato, arigatô |
| Portuguese | arigatô |
| Spanish | arigató |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does arigato come from?
Borrowed from Japanese ありがとう (arigatō, “thank you”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).