Arigatou!

[telophase]

Those of you who know Japanese:

I'm watching an episode of the new series of Mushishi, and after Ginko is rescued by a farmer and given a meal by the farmer's wife, he thanks her by saying what sounds to me sort of like "Arigatey" instead of the usual "Arigatou." Is this a variant, an accent, a dialect, or what?

Comments

[telophase]

Nifty, thanks! Now I'll have to pay attention and see if Ginko uses it more of the time or if he was just using that other character's dialect.