Japanese with Manga

Thank you for bringing me to the beach with 連れてきてくれてありがとう

Vocabulary Explanation: Ways to say thank you in Japanese

Manga panel from アオのハコ showing example of Thank you for bringing me to the beach with 連れてきてくれてありがとう.
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Chinatsu tells Taiki she’d like to go to the beach. A train ride later, they’re wading through the tide. After playing for a while, the two sit and watch the setting sun, and then it’s time to head back home.

千夏(ちなつ):
「連(つ)れてきてくれてありがとう」
“Thanks for bringing me.”

Key Points

1連(つ)れてくる = “bring someone along”
  • 連(つ)れる means to take someone along. Adding 来(く)る presents the trip as movement toward the place where the speaker is now.
  • The person being brought normally takes を. Here the scene supplies both 私(わたし)を, Chinatsu, and the destination.
2連(つ)れてきて contains two て-forms
  • First, 連(つ)れて joins 連(つ)れる to 来(く)る, forming 連(つ)れてくる.
  • Then 来(く)る changes to 来(き)て, allowing the whole action 連(つ)れてきて to attach to くれる.
3〜てくれてありがとう = “thanks for doing…”
  • くれて is the て-form of くれる. It presents Taiki’s action as a kindness Chinatsu received.
4ありがとう keeps the thanks casual
  • Chinatsu uses plain ありがとう rather than polite ありがとうございます, making the thanks direct and familiar.

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