いらっしゃいませ

Japanese
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Etymology

いらっしゃい (irasshai, the 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “continuative”) of the honorific verb irassharu) + ませ (mase, the 命令形 (meireikei, “imperative”) of formal suffix masu)

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) いらっしゃいま​せ [ìrássháímáꜜsè] (Nakadaka – [6])[1]
  • IPA(key): [iɾa̠ɕːa̠ima̠se̞]

Interjection

いらっしゃいませ (rōmaji irasshaimase)

  1. welcome
  2. please come on in

Usage notes
  • Used by a store person to greet a customer, similarly to "hello, may I help you?"

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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