Word Meaning 頂きます

いただきます itadakimasu

頂きます is read as いただきます (itadakimasu) and means thank you (for the meal just served).

Meaning

English

  1. thank you (for the meal just served)
  2. I receive (this meal)

Reading

Kana

いただきます

Romaji

itadakimasu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 18075 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

頂点

ちょうてん

top (of a profession, field, etc.)

頂上

ちょうじょう

top

頂く

いただく

to get someone to do something

頂戴

ちょうだい

please (give me; do for me)

いただき

easy win for one

頂ける

いただける

to be able to eat

有頂天

うちょうてん

ecstasy

山頂

さんちょう

summit (of a mountain)

登頂

とうちょう

climbing to the summit

絶頂

ぜっちょう

orgasm

頭頂

とうちょう

top of the head

仏頂面

ぶっちょうづら

sour look

Example Sentences

1

では、さきにひるごはんをいただきます。

Well then, I will have lunch first.