How to Say ‘Certainly; I understand’ in Japanese
かしこまりました
kashikomari mashi ta
[kah-shee-koh-mah-ree mah-shee tah]
🇯🇵 In Japan: Staff use this a lot in shops, hotels, and ticket counters; it's more formal and service-minded than a plain [わかりました]. You normally wouldn't use it upward to customers or strangers in everyday conversation unless you were in a service role.
Phrase Breakdown
かしこまり
kashikomari
[kah-shee-koh-mah-ree]
certainly; understood
かしこまり is part of a very polite service expression meaning certainly or understood.
かしこまりました、二枚ですね。
Certainly, two tickets, right?
まし
mashi
[mah-shee]
polite past marker part
まし is part of the polite past ending in ました.
予約をましました。
I made the reservation.
た
ta
[tah]
past tense ending part
た marks past tense and completes ました here.
予約した。
I made the reservation.
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