頂きます
Meanings
thank you (for the meal just served), I receive (this meal)(literal)
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Example sentences
The food is all set, so let's eat (thank you for this meal).
The whole family puts their hands together and says itadakimasu.
It is a Japanese custom to say itadakimasu before eating.
Please have it while it's warm. Well then, itadakimasu.
We say itadakimasu with gratitude toward the person who prepared the meal.
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