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Itadakimasu

Literal Translation
(いただきます) Said before eating. Literally "I humbly receive." Acknowledges the lives and labour in the chain of production that produced the meal. Broader than thanks to the cook — an acknowledgement of everything that ended or expended effort to reach this moment.