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

• 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)