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お・ご～願う makes a highly formal request for the listener or addressed public to perform an action. It is especially common in institutional notices, announcements, and business writing.
Who performs the action?
The requested action is performed by the person or public being addressed, not by the speaker. The construction presents the request directly but respectfully, often as an official instruction rather than a personal favor.
The two main formations
Use the first pattern with a conventional native-verb stem and the second with a conventional Sino-Japanese verbal noun.
Why it sounds institutional
This pattern is well suited to messages issued by an organization to customers, visitors, applicants, or staff. It can be spoken in a formal announcement, but it is not a general-purpose replacement for an ordinary polite request.
Formal public announcement
入館の際は、受付で身分証明書をお見せ願います。
When entering the building, please show identification at reception.
AnalyzeA more ordinary formal request
お・ご～ください is the more ordinary respectful request and works in a wider range of face-to-face situations. お・ご～願います is more formal and is especially natural when an institution is issuing a request or instruction.
こちらで少々お待ちください。
Please wait here for a moment.
AnalyzeThis is the more ordinary respectful request pattern.
More examples
資料を受け取り次第、内容をご確認願います。
Please check the contents as soon as you receive the materials.
Analyze締切日までに必要書類をご提出願います。
Please submit the required documents by the deadline.
Analyze列を崩さず、順番にお進み願います。
Please proceed in order without leaving the line.
Analyze変更点を赤字でご記載願います。
Please indicate the changes in red.
Analyze到着後、担当部署へご連絡願います。
After arriving, please contact the department in charge.
Analyze扉が閉まるまで、そのままお待ち願います。
Please remain where you are until the doors close.
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