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Harold (Offline)
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03-09-2008, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by digyourownhole View Post
damn, sorry people, i need to be more clear the first time.

what are, and thanks for this, the individual words okage, sama, de in: おかげさまで

much appriciated. And i will make sure i am more clear the first time, else this is going to be a long thread.
お - o
かげ - kage
さま - sama
で - de

o isn't really a word.. it's an honorific marker. I can't really explain it. It just makes things nicer? I separated it from kage, but if you want, you can put it together.


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