Question
I’m on a business trip to Japan and have a dinner meeting with my Japanese colleagues. I would like to say “Thank you for taking the time to meet with me” in Japanese at the end of our dinner. How should I say that?
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お時間（じかん）をいただき、ありがとうございます。
O-jikan o itadaki, arigatou gozaimasu.
Thank you for taking the time to meet with me.
This is a polite way to express gratitude for someone’s time in a business setting. O-jikan means “your time”, and o itadaki means “receiving” or “having received”, implying how grateful you are for the time they spent with you. This phrase is commonly used to convey your appreciation for the effort someone made to meet you in a professional context. You can use this phrase in various formal situations to show your respect and gratitude.
