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なさる · godan verb (-aru, special)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	なさる	なさらない
Polite	なさいます	なさいません
Past polite	なさいました	なさいませんでした
Past	なさった	なさらなかった
Te-form	なさって	なさらないで
Desire	なさりたい	なさりたくない
Volitional	なさろう
Polite volitional	なさいましょう
Imperative	なさい	なさるな
Conditional	なされば	なさらなければ
Tara conditional	なさったら	なさらなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-aru, special), transitive verb

do; perform; be doing

honorific or respectful (sonkeigo)usually written using kana alone

Honorific/respectful equivalent of する, used for the actions of the listener, a customer, a teacher, a superior, or another person being respected. Do not use it for the speaker's own actions; use いたす for humble speech instead. Conjugates as a special -aru godan verb, e.g. なさいます, なさった, なさって.

先せん生せいは週しゅう末まつに何なにをなさいますか。
Professor, what will you do on the weekend?
社しゃ長ちょうは今いま、会かい議ぎの準じゅん備びをなさっています。
The company president is preparing for the meeting now.
どうなさいますか。
What would you like to do?

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉をなさるto do (something), honorific form of する
部ぶ長ちょうは毎まい晩ばんジョギングをなさいます。
The department manager goes jogging every night.
〈物もの〉になさるto decide on/choose (something), honorific of にする
お飲のみ物ものは何なにになさいますか。
What would you like to drink?
ご〈事こと〉なさるto do (a suru-noun action), honorific with ご- prefix
どうぞご安あん心しんなさってください。
Please rest assured.

Grammar

いらっしゃる・おっしゃる・なさる・召めし上あがる・ご覧らんになるgo, say, do, eat, see (respectful)N4

Kanji

為do, change, make

Related words

するN5
する is the plain, neutral verb for 'to do', while なさる is its honorific form used for the actions of someone respected.
はる
なさる is the standard Japanese honorific auxiliary for 'to do', while はる is its Kansai-dialect counterpart, felt as softer and more colloquial.
召めすN1
なさる is the standard modern honorific verb for 'do', whereas 召す in the 'do' sense is literary or archaic.

Politeness

いたすhumble 謙譲語N4
いたす is the humble form of する used for the speaker's own actions, while なさる is the honorific form used for the respected listener's or a superior's actions.
されるplain
なさる is a dedicated honorific verb for 'do' that sounds unambiguously respectful, while される (honorific sense) can be mistaken for the passive.
するplainN5
なさる is the honorific form of する, used to respectfully describe another person's action.

Don't confuse with

なさい
なさる is the honorific dictionary-form verb meaning 'to do', while なさい is its imperative form used as a light command auxiliary, so learners often confuse the two.

Written forms

なさるUsage99%
Standard practical spelling; usually written in kana.
ナサルUsage1%
為なさるUsage<1%
rarely-used kanji form
Attested kanji spelling, but marked as rarely used; learners should normally write なさる.

Etymology

Usually written in kana in modern Japanese. The kanji 為 represents the idea 'to do' conventionally; historically, なさる is related to the older verb なす ('to do, make') with a respectful ending, though No etymology is specified.