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お〜願う details

write + kindly do — a distanced, institutional request

o kaki negaimasu

kindly do — a distanced, institutional request (announcements, business writing)

meaning: please write

足元あしもとにご注意ちゅういのうえ、しろせん内側うちがわまでおがりねがいます。

ashimoto ni go chuui no ue, shiroi sen no uchigawa made o sagari negaimasu.

Please mind your step and stand back behind the white line. neutral

おそりますが、詳細しょうさい担当者たんとうしゃまでおわせねがいます。

osoreirimasu ga, shousai wa tantousha made o toiawase negaimasu.

We apologize for the inconvenience, but please direct detailed inquiries to the person in charge. formal

Examples

kindly do — a formal request distanced from the listener, typical of announcements and business writing

足元あしもとにご注意ちゅういのうえ、しろせん内側うちがわまでおがりねがいます。

ashimoto ni go chuui no ue, shiroi sen no uchigawa made o sagari negaimasu.

Please mind your step and stand back behind the white line. neutral

おそりますが、詳細しょうさい担当者たんとうしゃまでおわせねがいます。

osoreirimasu ga, shousai wa tantousha made o toiawase negaimasu.

We apologize for the inconvenience, but please direct detailed inquiries to the person in charge. formal

会場内かいじょうないでは、係員かかりいん指示しじにおしたがねがいます。

kaijounai de wa, kakariin no shiji ni o shitagai negaimasu.

Inside the venue, please follow the staff's instructions. formal

Formation

Notes

Sino-Japanese する-nouns take ご, skipping the stem: ご協力きょうりょく願います.
Reads more institutional than personal — a clerk says お待ちください, a broadcast says お待ち願います.

Related patterns

Similar

  • Both circumfix requests aimed at the listener, but お〜願います keeps its distance — announcements, notices, business letters — while お〜ください is the everyday service-counter register a clerk uses face to face.

Same meaning

please do; could you

PatternAttaches to
をください
ないでください
お〜ください
ていただけませんか
てください
てくれませんか