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Field notes on Japanese business communication: keigo, tone, and the messages that actually land.

How to Ask for Something in Japanese Without Sounding Like an Order

ください comes from an imperative, so ご確認ください is closer to "check this" than to "please check." Here is the request ladder, with romaji.

One is for people inside your company, one is for everyone outside it. Mixing them up is the fastest way to sound new. Here is the line, with romaji.

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