How to Say ‘Certainly.’ in Japanese
かしこまりました。
kashikomari mashi ta
[kashikomari mashi ta]
🇯🇵 In Japan: [かしこまりました。] is a very standard customer-service reply, more formal than what you'd say to friends. It means the staff has understood and will take care of it.
Phrase Breakdown
かしこまり
kashikomari
[kashikomari]
certainly; understood
A very polite expression used by staff to acknowledge a customer's request.
エチオピアですね。かしこまりました。
Ethiopia, right? Certainly.
ました
mashi ta
past polite ending
Part of the polite past form used here in a set phrase.
わかりました。
I understood.
Words in this phrase
まし
mashi
[mashi]
polite past marker part
Part of the polite past form in かしこまりました.
かしこまりましたと店員さんが言いました。
The staff said, 'Certainly.'
た
ta
[ta]
past tense ending part
Completes the polite past ending ました.
注文を受けたあと、かしこまりましたと言いました。
After taking the order, they said, 'Certainly.'
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