Illustration: In a small Japanese office meeting room, a host stands beside an empty chair and extends an open palm toward its seat with a slight welcoming bow. A visitor holding a document case has turned toward the offered chair and begun to lower themselves, looking appreciatively at the host.

JLPT N4expressionLevel estimated by Bebop

おかけください

okake kudasai

please have a seat

A polite invitation to sit. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. どうぞおかけください。

    Sit down, please.

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  2. こちらにおかけください。

    Please have a seat here.

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  3. お好すきな席せきにおかけください。

    You may sit wherever you like.

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