Vocabulary

What does サンキュー (sankyuu) mean?

サンキュー means thank you.

Quick facts
Readingサンキュー
Romajisankyuu
Part of speechinterjection
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N1
サンキュー
N1 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonsankyuu

thank you

casual
  1. 1interjection thank you; thanks

Example sentences

  • I was just given a casual "thanks."

  • Among friends, a simple "thanks" often does the job.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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