Itadakimasu

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Itadakimasu (Japanese: いただきます) is a Japanese phrase that translates "to humbly receive". Often said before eating a meal, the phrase is used as a way of showing gratitude and respect for everyone and everything that made the meal in front of you possible. It is meant to honor all: from the natural elements that supplied the ingredients, the people who grew the produce, to the ones who prepared and cooked the meal, etc.^[1]

The term compounds the Japanese verb itadaku (いただく, 'to receive'/'to accept') and the suffix -masu (-ます, added to the end of verbs to make sentences polite).