"Domo Arigatou Gozaimashita"
The meaning of “domo arigatou gozaimashita”.
The phrase "domo arigatou gozaimashita" is pretty easy to explain. It basically just means: "Thank you very much."
In this case, I'd put the definitions down as:
Domo = thanks
Arigatou = thanks (yes, again)
Gozaimashita = for something that has happened
It's pronounced, more or less,  Do - mo      ari - ga - tou     go - zai - ma - shi - ta.
If you're speaking to someone who is your equal or "lower" on the hierarchy, you can just say "arigatou" or "domo", although just saying "domo" is more on the terse side of things and can be taken as being a bit rude to mean, basically, "thanks."
For people "above" you in the hierarchy (e.g. sensei, sempai), you would usually say the full phrase. If you're going to drop something out of the phrase itself, I would probably drop the "domo" part and just say "arigatou gozaimashita" to someone. Note: The Japanese "r" is not really a "liquid r" with the tongue curled back but is more akin to the "l" sound like in "lollipop (aligatou gozaimashita).
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