"ください" meaning in Japanese

See ください in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: [kɯ̟da̠sa̠i] Forms: kudasai [romanization]
Etymology: Conjugation of くださる (kudasaru), humble form of くれる (kureru). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|くださる}} くださる (kudasaru), {{ja-r|くれる}} くれる (kureru) Head templates: {{ja-verb form|ください}} ください • (kudasai)
  1. 下さい: (polite) imperative form of 下さる (kudasaru)
    please give me     Synonyms (please give me): ちょうだい (chōdai) [usually]
    Sense id: en-ください-ja-verb-g24LPJbm Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 59 41 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 73 27 Disambiguation of 'please give me': 98 2
  2. 下さい: (polite) imperative form of 下さる (kudasaru)
    (expressing a request) please do something for me
    Sense id: en-ください-ja-verb-7MpIm39g Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 50 50 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: たもし (tamoshi) [Kagoshima] Synonyms (please): ちょうだい (chōdai) [usually], なさい (nasai) (english: soft but firm), な (na) [informal]
Disambiguation of 'please': 53 47

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for ください meaning in Japanese (3.2kB)

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