お願いします

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
願
ねが Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Etymology

From お (o-) + 願(ねが)う (negau, “request, implore”) + します (shimasu, a polite honorific (丁(てい)寧(ねい)語(ご) (teineigo)) formula used to show respect to the hearer). The latter portion is the formal or socially distanced form of する (suru). See also ます (-masu, suffix).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) おねがいします (Nakadaka – )
IPA^(key):

Interjection

お願(ねが)いします • (onegai shimasu) ^{←おねがひします (onegafi simasu)^?}

Please (emphasize a request).
真(しん)相(そう)を話(はな)してください。お願(ねが)いします。
Shinsō o hanashite kudasai. Onegai shimasu.
Please tell me the truth. Please.

Derived terms

宜(よろ)しくお願(ねが)いします (yoroshiku onegai shimasu)

See also

下(くだ)さい (kudasai): please, give/do (for the speaker's request)
どうぞ (dōzo): please, go ahead (to answer someone's request)

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