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I’m not sure how true this is but a Japanese friend said Gochisousama Deshita means something slightly different along the lines of “thank you for your lives” a
by andy_ppp 2mo ago
I’m not sure how true this is but a Japanese friend said Gochisousama Deshita means something slightly different along the lines of “thank you for your lives” and you’re saying that to the food as well as the chef.
- xandrius 2mo agoご馳走 (gochisou) means feast. 様 (sama) is a highly honorific suffix. でした (deshita) it was. Basically literally saying "that was a great feast", as it is said after eating the meal and leaving the establishment. Not sure why the Japanese friend would say that.
- Ferret7446 1mo agoIf you look at ご馳走 it quite literally doesn't mean feast. It refers to the people/effort required to rush deliver all of the fresh ingredients to prepare the meal. It's a consequence of Japanese aversion to starting things directly. You don't say "it was a great feast". You say "it must have been a great effort mustering the horses and men for this" Of course the expression is used commonly enough that the de facto meaning is basically that now.