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お世話になる

お世話になる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3

Grade: 2
on'yomi

Alternative forms

Verb

世話なる (intransitive, godan conjugation, hiragana おせわになる, romaji osewa ni naru)

  1. to be much obliged to someone, to be indebted, to be grateful, trouble someone
    世話 (せわ)になりました。
    Osewa ni narimashita.
    Literally, “I have been taken care of.” → “Thank you very much for everything.” / “I'm very obliged to you (for what you've done).”

Conjugation

Usage notes

This is a polite expression used in formal situations such as the workplace.

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