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Hope this is an appropriate question!

I visited Tokyo back in September and got by on some very basic Japanese
(though more often with the help of their good grasp on English).

Anyway, there was a couple of times I heard as a parting phrase... once from a
barman and I believe another in a restaurant. I thought it was just "arimasu"
or "arimasen" by itself though I may have missed a particle or other word. I
tried to look it up when I was there and have searched many times over the
last few months to decipher it but with no luck.

The curiosity is still getting to me, could anyone here shed some light on how
that might be used as a parting phrase?
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greetings
Arimasu as a parting phrase
I guess you've misheard heavily slurred ありがとうございます.

When spoken very quickly, ありがとうございます can be pronounced like ありゃーっす！ or ありわーっす！
or
[あざーっす](http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q1017958575)！
And ありがとうございました can be more like ありゃーしたぁ！ or あーした！

Similarly, slurred いらっしゃいませ can sound like
[しあわせ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrQsKpuocKI),
[ラッシュアワースリー](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASPWlMlbkKM), or even
[エアロスミス](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Insn6p4azM8).
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Combining the comments on your question, when leaving a Japanese-style
restaurant in Japan the following is not uncommon.

When you have just paid the bill and turn towards the door.

Staff:`お客様お帰りです` / `お客様帰ります` / `Some other form of "The customer is leaving"
depending on local accents`

The customer may also add a `ごちそうさまでした` or `ありがとうございます` whilst paying or on
their way towards the door.

As naruto adds, and personal experience follows; especially in Tokyo you find
a fair amount of restaurants where the staff exclaim `あざーす`、`ありざーす` or some
other shortened form of `ありがとう`.
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