expression
please note; please be aware; please understand
A polite set phrase used in announcements, notices, customer communication, and business writing to ask the reader to accept or understand a situation, often one that may inconvenience them.
明日は臨時休業となりますので、ご了承ください。
Please note that we will be temporarily closed tomorrow.
ご返信にお時間をいただく場合がございます。ご了承ください。
Please understand that it may take us some time to reply.
Also means 'please understand,' but focuses more directly on understanding the reason or situation; ご了承ください often implies accepting an unavoidable condition.
A formal notice-like expression meaning 'please be aware in advance'; it emphasizes being informed rather than accepting or tolerating an inconvenience.
Similar in meaning but slightly more formal and notice-like; ご了承ください is the more standard polite request form.
Formed from honorific ご, 了承 meaning acknowledgement, acceptance, or understanding, and ください, the polite request form of くださる. The phrase functions as a fixed polite request: 'please acknowledge/understand.'