お願い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
願
ねが Grade: 4
kun’yomi

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) おねがい [ònégáí] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [o̞ne̞ɡa̠i]

Noun

お願(ねが)い • (onegai) ^{←おねがひ (onegafi)?}

1. petition (the honorific form of 願い)

Interjection

お願(ねが)い • (onegai) ^{←おねがひ (onegafi)?}

1. used as the word for please, familiar honorific.
   • 2003 March 19 [2001 December 29], Yumi Hotta with Obata, Takeshi, “第(だい)129(ひゃくにじゅうきゅう)局(きょく)　もどって来(こ)い！”, in ヒカルの碁 [Hikaru’s Go], 6th edition, volume 15 (fiction), Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 78–79:

     オレなんかいらねェ！もう打(う)ちたいって言(い)わねェよ！だから　神(かみ)さま！お願(ねが)いだ！はじめにもどして！アイツを会(あ)った一(いち)番(ばん)はじめに時(じ)間(かん)をもどして‼

     Ore nan ka ira nē! Mō uchitaitte iwa nē yo! Dakara Kami-sama! Onegai da! Hajime ni modoshite! Aitsu o atta ichiban hajime ni jikan o modoshite‼

     I don’t need anything! I won’t ask to play any more! So, God! I’m begging you! Return things back to the beginning! Turn time back to when I first met him, please!!

Synonyms

• (more polite) お願(ねが)いします (onegai shimasu)