YOU SAID:
Many thanks, my dear friend
INTO JAPANESE
どうもありがとう、私の親愛なる友人
BACK INTO ENGLISH
thank you very much my dear friend
INTO JAPANESE
有難う、わが友よ
BACK INTO ENGLISH
thank you my friend
INTO JAPANESE
友よありがとう
BACK INTO ENGLISH
thank you my friend
That didn't even make that much sense in English.