どうもありがとうございました。
Dōmo arigatō gozaimashita.
Thank you so much (for what you did).
- Word for word
- “Thank you very much for what was done.”
- Politeness: Polite
- です/ます style. The safe default with strangers, shop staff and colleagues.
- When you would say it
- After a favour is complete: help given, a purchase made, a visit.
- Worth knowing
- Past tense because the act is over.