毎度

• 読み: まいど
• ローマ字: maido
• 漢字の分解: 毎 (mai) — every, each; 度 (do) — time, degree, occasion
• 発音: /ma.i.do/

意味

Each time; every time; always. Also used as a greeting meaning 'thank you for your continued patronage.'

An adverb/noun meaning 'every time.' Famously used as a shopkeeper's greeting in Kansai dialect: 毎度！ (short for 毎度ありがとうございます, thank you as always). In standard Japanese, used more formally: 毎度ご利用ありがとうございます. Also expresses frustration about recurring situations: 毎度のことだ (same thing every time).

例文

1. 毎度のことながら、彼は会議に遅刻してきた。
2. 毎度ご利用いただきありがとうございます。
3. あの店に行くと毎度同じメニューを頼んでしまう。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, shopping, daily life

トーン: polite

起源と歴史

From Sino-Japanese 毎 (mai, every) + 度 (do, time/occasion). Literally 'every occasion.' The Kansai greeting usage developed from merchant culture in Osaka.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal