TY - JOUR AU - Izmayanti, Dewi Kania AU - Gultom, Zuraidah Sri Handayani AU - Rosa, Dibya Prayassita Somya PY - 2021/08/09 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - 'ARIGATOU' PHRASE IN JAPANESE DAILY LIFE JF - WIDAI Japanese Journal JA - WIDAI VL - 1 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.33197/widai.vol1.iss2.2021.674 UR - https://journal.widyatama.ac.id/index.php/WIDAI/article/view/674 SP - 61-76 AB - <p>In daily social life, humans cannot be separated with interaction with nature, and it includes giving and receiving. In Japanese society, a gift is always depicted as <em>On </em>or debt which must be repaid in later time. One way to pay <em>On </em> is through the phrase <em>arigatou. </em> This research objective is to describe <em>Arigatou </em>phrase based on the meaning and forms of expression inside Japanese society daily life. Methods used in this research is Descriptive Methods which utilizes symbolic interaction theory to analyze the data. Result found is that <em>arigatou </em>was originally addressed to God and gradually used in daily life. From meaning perspective <em>arigatou </em>described as gratitude and social harmony keeper and was addressed to the Emperor as expression of loyalty towards the country with full consent on abiding the law. Meanwhile the phrase <em>arigatou</em> in family is meant to express obedience towards every decision made by the family to maintain honor within said family. <em>Arigatou </em>phrase towards nature is to include them in every element of life. Found conclusion is that <em>Arigatou </em>phrase included <em>Up-Down </em>essence, which means the relation between <em>Kami (God) (Up) </em>and Humans <em>(Down), </em>described <em>arigatou </em>in both form of phrase and meaning.</p> ER -