いらっしゃいませ

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Japanese[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

いらっしゃい (irasshai, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative”) of the honorific verb いらっしゃる　irassharu) +‎ ませ (mase, the 命令形 (meireikei, “imperative”) of formal suffix masu).

Compare Korean 어서 오세요 (eoseo oseyo, literally “quickly come (honorific)”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) いらっしゃいま​せ [ìrássháímáꜜsè] (Nakadaka – [6])[1]
  • IPA(key): [iɾa̠ɕːa̠ima̠se̞]

Interjection[edit]

いらっしゃいませ • (irasshaimase) 

  1. welcome
  2. please come on in

Usage notes[edit]

  • Used by a store person to greet a customer, similarly to "hello, may I help you?"

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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