ご苦労 – Vocabulary details

ご苦く労ろう

Meanings

Noun

Polite

1. trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work

ご苦く労ろうをおかけして申もうし訳わけありません。I apologize for the trouble I have caused you.

Expression

2. thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts

usu. to one's subordinate

わかった、報ほう告こくご苦く労ろう。All right. Thanks for the report.

Alt. forms

Kanji used

苦

suffering

労

labor

Pitch accent

ご

く

ろう

Used in: 2355

Composed of

ご

honorific/polite/humble prefix; honorific suffix

苦く労ろう

trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern

Used in vocabulary (3 in total)

ご苦く労ろう様さま

thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts

ご苦く労ろうさま

thank you (for your hard work); I appreciate your efforts

ご苦く労ろうさん

I appreciate your efforts

Examples (5 in total)

ジュリア、ご苦く労ろうだった。

Julia, thank you for your hard work.

わかった、報ほう告こくご苦く労ろう。

All right. Thanks for the report.

随ずい分ぶんとご苦く労ろうされたようですね。

It seems you went through quite a lot of trouble.

ご苦く労ろうをおかけして申もうし訳わけありません。

I apologize for the trouble I have caused you.

では、あなたは実じっ際さいにご苦く労ろうなさったのね。

So, you really did go through a lot of trouble, didn't you.