畏まりました

Japanese
Kanji in this term
畏
かしこ
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

Conjugated form of 畏まる (kashikomaru, “to understand”, humble).

  • 畏まる (kashikomaru) → 畏まります (kashikomarimasu, polite conjugation) → 畏まりました (kashikomarimashita, polite perfective conjugation)

First cited in this specific polite humble understood sense in a text from 1701.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) かしこまりまし​た [kàshíkómárímáshíꜜtà] (Nakadaka – [7])
  • IPA(key): [ka̠ɕi̥ko̞ma̠ɾʲima̠ɕita̠]

Verb

畏(かしこ)まりました • (kashikomarimashita) 

  1. [from 1701] (humble) polite perfective form of verb 畏まる (kashikomaru): understood, acknowledged

Usage notes

Often encountered in the service sector. Used as a humble equivalent of 分かりました (wakarimashita, “understood”), to acknowledge what someone else has said, particularly in reply to requests.

References
  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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