expression

  1. thank you (for your hard work), good work.
  2. see you, goodbye, goodnight.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
 
 
お疲れ様 おつかれさま
 
 
 
 
お疲れさま おつかれさま
 
 
 
 
おつかれ様 おつかれさま
 
御疲れ様 おつかれさま

Contained Kanji Breakdown

exhausted, tire, weary
つか.れる ヒ (7th, N3)
trailing sickness, sick radical (no. 104)
ダク ニャク ソウ
pelt, skin, hide
かわ ヒ (3rd, N2)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
strike, hit, folding chair radical (no. 66)
ホク (Kentei 1)
divining, fortune-telling, divination or katakana to radical (no. 25)
ボク うらな.う うらない (Kentei Pre-1)
or again, furthermore, on the other hand
また ユウ やす (8th, N1)
Esq., way, manner
ヨウ さま ショウ (3rd, N3)
tree, wood
き モク こ- (1st, N5)
flowering water(羕) variant
sheep
ひつじ ヨウ よ (3rd, N1)
to divide
king, rule, magnate
オウ -ノウ おお (1st, N3)
water
みず スイ み (1st, N5)