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Onegaishimasu
Keywords: Culture & History
The correct polite Japanese phrase to one's opponent before starting to play: onegaishimas', 'if you please'. More precisely: "I pray you... Bill: I wonder what the onegai (request) is. "Please don't beat me too badly"? ;-) Bisqwit: "Please do your best", "Please have a good game", "Please begin" (although it wouldn't make sense to say "please begin" to white)... I think it's just a common polite phrase to say when somebody is to start doing something. In the plain form ("onegai"), it can be used in negative, as "please don't ...", too. kokiri I always took it for an abbreviation for 'yoroshiku onegaishimasu' as this is what you say when you meet someone for the first time. This is a copy of the living page "Onegaishimasu" at Sensei's Library. ![]() |