ご主人様、お願いします
goshujin-sama, onegai shimasu
In Japanese, "please master" is said as ご主人様、お願いします (goshujin-sama, onegai shimasu).
The phrase is used to make a polite request from a subordinate or servant to their master. When you wish to acknowledge that you are causing someone inconvenience while making a request, you might use お手数をおかけします to demonstrate humility.
How do you pronounce it?
goshujin-sama, onegai shimasu
When do people say it?
This specific phrasing is most commonly associated with the 'maid cafe' subculture or role-playing scenarios in Japan, rather than everyday historical or modern domestic life.
Did you know?
- The term 主人 (shujin) used in the phrase can also be used as a humble way for a person to refer to their own husband when talking to others.
- In a modern maid cafe, a waitress might use ご主人様 to refer to a male customer, but she would use お嬢様 (ojousama) to refer to a female customer, treating her as a 'young lady' rather than a 'master'.
- The honorific prefix ご (go) is added to 主人 (shujin) to show respect, but using both ご and 様 (sama) together creates a 'double honorific' often used in fiction to signal a servant's total submission.
Example conversation
A maid is asking her master to stay for tea.
- 陽葵 Himari健太様、お茶の時間です。Kenta-sama, ocha no jikan desu.Master Kenta, it is tea time.
- 健太 Kenta今は忙しいんだ。Ima wa isogashii n da.I am busy right now.
- 陽葵 Himariご主人様、お願いします。Goshujin-sama, onegaishimasu.Please, master.
- 健太 Kenta分かった、少しだけ休憩しよう。Wakatta, sukoshi dake kyuukei shiyou.Alright, I will take a short break.
