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  1. Words
  2. お願い

おねがい

お願い

please

onegai

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#478

Meanings

  1. 1
    request; favour (to ask); wishnountakes する
  2. 2
    pleaseinterjection

JMdict 2036870

Conjugation

FormConjugatedReading
Polite Present (~masu)
します
します
Polite Past (~mashita)
しました
しました
Polite Negative (~masen)
しません
しません
Plain Negative (~nai)
しない
しない
Te-form (Connecting)
して
して
Plain Past (~ta)
した
した
Potential (Can do)
できる
できる

In a sentence

水(みず)waterをお願(ねが)いplease

Water, please

How it works

を (object) marks 水(みず) (water) as what you want, and お願い(おねがい) (please) literally means "a request" — so the whole thing is "water, please". There's no verb at all; the noun plus を (object) plus お願い(おねがい) (please) is a complete, natural way to order or ask for something.

Written with

  • 願petition19 strokes

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