お願いします

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 [ònégáí shímáꜜsù] (Nakadaka – [6])
    • IPA(key): [o̞ne̞ɡa̠i ɕima̠sɨ̥ᵝ]

    Interjection

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

    1. 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

    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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