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Its understandable why people think that both words are related. Nov 02 2015 There is a theory that arigatou came from the Portuguese term obrigado however due to the fact arigatou was used before the Portuguese came to Japan it is impossible that obrigado is the source of that word. Borrowed from Japanese ありがとう arigatō thank you.
The coincidence in forms is precisely that though the existence of the Portuguese form may have encouraged the use of the Japanese one.
Arigato ありがとう comes from the words arigatashi to be and katai difficult. The coincidence in forms is precisely that though the existence of the Portuguese form may have encouraged the use of the Japanese one. Technically it means very much but it is generally used only in connection with domo which means Thank You. Original meaning of arigatai was something rare.
