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JLPT N5 · Greetings & phrases

おねがいします

please (requesting)

Stroke order of おねがいします

7 characters, 18 strokes in total. Watch the animation, then try writing it yourself.

お · 3 strokesね · 2 strokesが · 5 strokesい · 2 strokesし · 1 strokesま · 3 strokesす · 2 strokes

Memory trick

ONEGAI — 'oh, neg-eye-shi-mas': 'oh, I beg, I plead', please

Parts: Polite request; attach after a noun to ask for it

The characters in おねがいします

  • お お — o (3 strokes)
  • ね ね — ne (2 strokes)
  • が が — ga (5 strokes)
  • い い — i (2 strokes)
  • し し — shi (1 strokes)
  • ま ま — ma (3 strokes)
  • す す — su (2 strokes)

Example sentence

水をおねがいします。

みずをおねがいします。

Water, please.

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