How to Say ‘Certainly.’ in Japanese
かしこまりました。
kashikomari mashi ta
[kah-shee-koh-mah-ree mah-shee tah]
🇯🇵 In Japan: [かしこまりました] is very formal service language, stronger and more professional than a simple [わかりました]. You'll hear it from staff to customers, but learners usually don't need to say it themselves.
Phrase Breakdown
かしこまり
kashikomari
[kah-shee-koh-mah-ree]
certainly; understood
A very polite service expression meaning 'certainly' or 'I understand.' Common in customer service.
かしこまりと丁寧に返事します。
I reply politely with 'certainly.'
まし
mashi
[mah-shee]
polite past auxiliary part
Part of the polite past form in かしこまりました.
ましが入ると丁寧な過去形です。
Including まし makes it a polite past form.
た
ta
[tah]
past tense ending
Marks past tense as part of ました.
たで過去の形になります。
With た, it becomes a past form.
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