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お・ご～申もうし上あげるEspecially formal humble action

お・ご～申もうし上あげる presents an action by the speaker or the speaker's side with exceptional humility toward a respected person or audience. It is especially common in formal messages, ceremonies, business correspondence, and public statements.

Who performs the action?

The speaker, the speaker's organization, or another member of the speaker's side performs the action. The construction lowers that side while showing respect to the person who receives the thanks, request, apology, congratulations, report, or notice.

Common formal functions

The construction appears particularly often in conventional expressions for formal social acts.

平へい素そのご厚こう情じょうに、心こころよりお礼れい申もうし上あげます。

We offer our heartfelt thanks for your continued kindness.

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お礼れい申もうし上あげます is a conventional expression of formal thanks.

今こん後ごともご支し援えんをお願ねがい申もうし上あげます。

We respectfully ask for your continued support.

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このたびの不ふ手て際ぎわを深ふかくお詫わび申もうし上あげます。

We sincerely apologize for our mishandling of this matter.

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受じゅ賞しょう者しゃの皆みな様さまに、謹つつしんでお祝いわい申もうし上あげます。

We respectfully offer our congratulations to all the award recipients.

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調ちょう査さ結けっ果かをご報ほう告こく申もうし上あげます。

We respectfully report the results of the investigation.

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With a native verb stem

お客きゃく様さまには、発はっ送そう日びを改あらためてお知しらせ申もうし上あげます。

We will formally notify our customers of the shipping date at a later time.

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知しらせます loses ます, and its stem follows お.

Especially formal versus general humble language

お・ご～する is the broader, more productive humble pattern. お・ご～申もうし上あげる is more elevated and is especially natural in formal formulas, public-facing messages, and ceremonial language. Do not assume that every ordinary humble form should simply be upgraded by replacing its ending.

担たん当とう者しゃが後のちほどお客きゃく様さまにご連れん絡らくします。

A representative will contact the customer later.

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This uses the general humble pattern rather than the especially formal target construction.

More examples

皆みな様さまのご参さん加かを心こころよりお願ねがい申もうし上あげます。

We sincerely request your participation.

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長なが年ねんのご愛あい顧こに厚あつくお礼れい申もうし上あげます。

We extend our deepest thanks for your many years of patronage.

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新しん店てん舗ぽの開かい業ぎょうを心こころよりお祝いわい申もうし上あげます。

We offer our heartfelt congratulations on the opening of your new store.

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会かい議ぎでの決けっ定てい事じ項こうをご報ほう告こく申もうし上あげます。

We respectfully report the decisions made at the meeting.

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ご迷めい惑わくをおかけしましたことを、深ふかくお詫わび申もうし上あげます。

We deeply apologize for the inconvenience we caused.

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関かん係けい者しゃの皆みな様さまに、開かい催さい日にち時じの変へん更こうをお知しらせ申もうし上あげます。

We hereby notify everyone concerned of the change to the event date and time.

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