ご苦労さま (ごくろうさま)thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
- thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your effortsexpressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)
Kanji in ご苦労さま
- 苦Suffering; Trial; WorryRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N3
- 労Labor; Thank For; Reward ForRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N3
Words that share its kanji
- 苦労くろうtrouble; hardship
- 苦情くじょうcomplaint; troubles
- 苦しみくるしみpain; anguish
- 苦手にがてpoor (at); weak (in)
- 苦悩くのう(mental) agony; anguish
- 苦戦くせんhard fight; close game
- 苦いにがいbitter
- 苦境くきょうdifficult situation; adverse circumstances
- 労働ろうどうmanual labor; manual labour
- 労働者ろうどうしゃemployee; worker
- 労組ろうそlabor union; labour union
- 労働党ろうどうとうLabour Party; Labor Party
- 労働省ろうどうしょうMinistry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
- 労使ろうしlabour and management; labor and management
- 労働組合ろうどうくみあいlabor union; labour union
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