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御

お

honourable (honorific prefix)

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Examples

  1. ここに御名前を書いてください。

    ここにおなまえをかいてください。

    Please write your name here.

  2. 御両親によろしくお伝えください。

    ごりょうしんによろしくおつたえください。

    Please give my regards to your parents.

  3. この度は本当に御礼申し上げます。

    このたびはほんとうにおれいもうしあげます。

    I would like to express my sincere thanks on this occasion.

Common patterns

御名前
your name (polite)
御両親
your parents (polite)
御礼
thanks, gratitude

Memory tip

This is the honorific お / ご written in kanji — you meet it on forms and in formal letters (御住所、御芳名), while ordinary text writes it in kana. As a rule お attaches to native Japanese words and ご to Sino-Japanese ones.

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