What does "itadakimashite" do in this case?


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?




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).




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).

