ご多忙
ごたぼう
your being busy (formal)
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Examples
ご多忙中恐縮ですがご出席ください。
ごたぼうちゅうきょうしゅくですがごしゅっせきください。
Sorry to trouble you when you are busy, but please attend.
ご多忙のところ恐れ入りますが、ご確認をお願いします。
ごたぼうのところおそれいりますが、ごかくにんをおねがいします。
I am sorry to disturb you when you are busy, but please check this.
年末でご多忙のことと拝察いたします。
ねんまつでごたぼうのこととはいさついたします。
I imagine you are very busy with the year drawing to a close.
Common patterns
- ご多忙中
- while you are busy
- ご多忙のところ
- busy as you are
- ご多忙にもかかわらず
- despite your busy schedule
Memory tip
The 忙 in it literally says 'busy', and some writers avoid that in an invitation because it can read as 'you are too busy to come'; they write ご多用 instead. Both are polite, but ご多用 is the softer choice.
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