ご苦労

Thanks for your trouble.

→ 御苦労

ご honorific prefix + 苦労 difficulty; hardship

noun Rare #26,602

Thanks for your trouble. Often used by someone senior to acknowledge a subordinate’s effort; it can sound patronizing when said to an equal or superior.

JA: いや、わざわざご苦労です。

EN: Well, thanks for going to all that trouble.

Declension of 御苦労

おふくろご苦労

先ほどはご苦労

Thanks for your hard work earlier.

— 風の谷のナウシカ (1984)

ご苦労だった

Good work.

— 自転車泥棒 (1948)

案内ご苦労

Thanks for showing me around.

— もののけ姫 (1997)

諸君見送りご苦労！

Everyone, thanks for seeing me off!

— 君たちはどう生きるか (2023)

ご苦労じゃのう

You’ve worked hard.

— 東京物語 (1953)

いや、わざわざご苦労です。

No, you really didn’t have to go to all that trouble.

ご苦労

Good work.

— パディントン２ (2017)

ご苦労だった。

You’ve done well.