I've seen お疲れさま and ご[苦労]{くろう}さま used to say "Thank you" after some had done work of some type. After reading the お疲れさま thread, I realize that the two are not interchangeable. So when do you use ご[苦労]{くろう}さま?
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1It might be fun to also compare "お疲れ～!" and "ご苦労。" :D– user1016Mar 23, 2012 at 5:05
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1@Chocolate true, true, that would be interesting; people my age always seem to end up using お疲れ〜 with me, and older people always seem to use ご苦労 with me, haha...– summeaMar 23, 2012 at 15:15
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1@Chocolate: Feel free to. However, please make it an answer not a comment :)– dotnetN00bMar 23, 2012 at 15:20
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@summea: See above :)– dotnetN00bMar 23, 2012 at 15:20
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possible duplicate of When and to whom should I use the expression ご苦労様 (gokurousama)?– Tsuyoshi ItoMar 24, 2012 at 12:15
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(First, a note: because there is a ご at the beginning of ごくろうさま, that お〜 is actually not there. :)
I've most often heard ご苦労様{くろうさま} used by people older than myself, when I have done something for the person (or in some way have helped the person,) using that phrase. (Besides age, this could also happen in a business situation, where a senior worker is speaking to a junior worker.)
For reference, more information can be found in the following article: 御苦労様.
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1The first link no longer works, but now connects to something spammy/inappropriate. Nov 23, 2022 at 6:34
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@JacobMaibach Thank you for letting me know, Jacob! I've removed that link from the answer.– summeaDec 13, 2022 at 6:37
From how I understand it, it is sort of a subsection of when you might say お疲れ様でした, for when people are "just doing their job" so to speak. Like if a firefighter gets a cat from out of a tree, or you're leaving your job site and are talking to your co-workers. It seems to me that this is said to police officers a lot.
answered Mar 23, 2012 at 4:05
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