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ご遠慮ください (ごえんりょください) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

ご遠えん慮りょください

Common word

Meanings

1

expression

please refrain from

Polite request not to do something. Often seen on signs or in announcements. The verb following ご遠慮ください is typically in the て form or a noun + を.

館かん内ないでの喫きつ煙えんはご遠えん慮りょください。
Please refrain from smoking inside the building.
写しゃ真しん撮さつ影えいはご遠えん慮りょください。
Please refrain from taking photographs.

Written forms

ご遠えん慮りょください
Standard polite written form using ください in kana.
ご遠えん慮りょ下ください
Variant using the kanji 下さい for ください; slightly more formal or traditional.
御ご遠えん慮りょください
Uses the honorific prefix 御 instead of ご; very formal and less common.
御ご遠えん慮りょ下ください
Combines 御 and 下さい; extremely formal and rare.

Kanji

遠

distant, far

慮prudence, thought, concern

下below, down, descend

御honorable, manipulate, govern

Similar words

ご遠えん慮りょ願ねがいます
Similar meaning but uses 願います (humbly request), making it slightly more formal and indirect than ご遠慮ください.
お控ひかえください
Also means 'please refrain from', but uses 控える (to hold back). Often interchangeable, though ご遠慮ください can sound more polite.

Etymology

Polite phrase combining the honorific prefix ご, the noun 遠慮 (restraint, refraining), and the imperative form of くださる (to give, honorific). Literally 'please give restraint'.