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Pronunciation

ようこそ(youkoso)

Meaning

Welcome

ようこそいらっしゃいました(youkoso Irashai mashita)

A Post about いらっしゃいin June 2007

You may wonder what is the difference between ようこそ(youkoso) andいらっしゃい (irasshai) since they are used in the same sentence

Most likely ようこそいらっしゃい was broken up and evolved into current form

The difference?
ようこそ=welcome
いらっしゃい=It can also mean come over here

Thus linking the two becomes something like “Welcome to come over here” (Welcome to come all the way to our place)

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