★ Phrases\rbr・Thanks - ありがとう・arigato (casual)\rbr・Thank you (present tense) - ありがとうございます・arigato gozaimasu \rbr・Thank you (past tense) - ありがとうございました・arigato gozaimashita\rbr\rbr・Thank you for the other day.\rbr　この前は、ありがとう ありがとうございました。\rbr　kono mae wa arigato arigato gozaimashita\rbr　*you can also say senjitsu wa 先日は which is literally the other day\rbr\rbr・Thank you for yesterday.\rbr　昨日は、ありがとう ありがとうございました。\rbr　kinou wa arigatoarigato gozaimashita.\rbr\rbrWords you can put in front of thank you to emphasize.\rbr・本当に honto ni (truly)\rbr・どうも doumo \rbr　* originally no way to say now used as thanks alone or as an intensifier with arigato\rbr・誠に makoto ni (Truly, truthfully)\rbr　very formal, usually used to customers in a business setting\rbr　not used in casual conversation\rbr\rbr=================\rbr\rbrINSTAGRAM: \rbrI post in both English & Japanese!\rbr\rbrTWITTER: \rbr\rbrPlease keep in mind that Japan has a ton of different dialects so there are major regional differences. The phraseswords I teach are what we call hyoujungo standard Japanese that most people from Tokyo speak and that everyone across Japan understands.\rbr\rbr■ Improve your Japanese listening skills with my other channel\rbr⇒ \rbr\rbrYoull hear me talking a lot in Japanese as I teach English to my Japanese viewers. It just might help you with your Japanese listening skills!\rbr\rbr■ Music\rbrKevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)\rbr\rbrLicensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0\rbr\rbr\rbrPLEASE NOTE\rbr\rbrThe information in this video is based on my own discoveries, thoughts, findings and research. Especially regarding historical information, there are variations depending on region and numerous theories and explanations that have evolved over the years.