This is the 5613th most frequent Japanese word.
ご苦労
"ご苦労" means "thank you for your effort" or "good work," typically used by superiors to acknowledge subordinates.
In this sentence, "ご苦労さま" is used as an expression of gratitude or appreciation for someone's effort or hard work, commonly directed towards colleagues or subordinates.
今日はご苦労さまでした。
Thank you for your hard work today.
Here, "ご苦労" is utilized to convey the anticipated difficulty or effort in undertaking a task. It empathizes with the person's challenges.
新しいプロジェクトに取り組むのはご苦労でしょう。
Working on a new project might be challenging.
This sentence uses "ご苦労" to describe the general meaning and usage of the term, illustrating its cultural context in Japanese.