A Jackson, Mississippi, woman who used to work in Japan says that each day as she left the office, her colleagues would say Otsukaresama desu, which means something along the lines of “Thank you for your hard work.” Although its literal translation suggests that the hearer must be exhausted, it’s simply understood as a polite, set phrase with no exact equivalent in English. This is part of a complete episode.
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