Let's enjoy Japanese: Thankfully

Happy Easter, to those who celebrate it. Today's Japanese will be short and sweet. Sometimes, like when writing a reflective blog entry about being grateful to someone, you may be searching for just the right kanji to express your thankfulness. Well, look no further.

Introducing, 感謝 （かんしゃ）。

感謝 is one of those nouns that can be easily verbified by simply adding する to the end. So 感謝する is to thank or be thankful.

For example:

「英語の先生にとても感謝してる。」

"I'm very grateful to my English teacher."

I hear this one often at mass:

「神に感謝」(かみにかんしゃ)

"Thanks be to God."