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So on the shinkansen, the announcer says something along the lines of:

> Kyou mo JR wo goriyou itadakimashite, makotoni arigatou gozaimasu.

What does _itadakimashite_ do in this situation?
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What does "itadakimashite" do in this case?
いただきまして is just the 〜て form of いただきます. It is the more polite version of いただいて
(the 〜て form of いただく).

But the real issue here is the form `ご＋[noun of する verb]＋いただく`. This is polite
speech ([謙譲語]{けん・じょう・ご}) used to humble yourself toward someone "higher up" to
(more or less) say that they did something favourable/beneficial to you
(compare/contrast with `ご＋[noun of する verb]＋くださる`); in this case, the JR
company is humbling themselves toward the passengers as "higher ups", thanking
them for using JR.

Here's the verb conjugation

> 利用する (make use of) → ご利用いただく (humbly receive your making use of)

So presumably you know that the whole phrase means

> We sincerely thank you for using JR today (too).
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In the honorific language, used by business owners,shopkeepers, etc when
talking to their customers and in this case the JR company to their customers
ie the passengers, some basic verbs are changed:

"suru" becomes "itasu" (to do) "morau" becomes "itadaku" (to receive)

"goriyou" means literally "use", the go- part is also used as an honorific.

"goriyou itadaku" is a common collocation used by companies and service
providers when addressing their customers and it roughly means "to make use of
(service)"

Shinkansen goriyou itadakimashite arigatou gozaimasu "Thank you for using the
shinkansen"
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