N5 — outside your level filter
ないでください
ないでくださいnai de kudasaiN5neutral
Same meaning6
please do; could you
- をくださいplease give meattaches at
- お〜くださいplease do (honorific request)attaches at
- お〜願うkindly do — a distanced, institutional request (announcements, business writing)attaches at
- ていただけませんかcould you please do (for me)? — a humble request, easy to declineattaches at
- てくださいplease do — a polite instruction or request downwardattaches at
- てくれませんかwon't you do (for me)? — a casual request among equalsattaches at
All examples4
please don't do — asking one person or a whole crowd to stop
ペンキがまだ乾いていないので、ベンチに座らないでください。
penki ga mada kawaite inai node, benchi ni suwaranai de kudasai.
The paint isn't dry yet, so please don't sit on the bench. neutral
危ないから、走らないで！
abunai kara, hashiranaide!
It's dangerous — don't run! casual
ここに自転車を止めないでください。
koko ni jitensha o tomenaide kudasai.
Please don't park bicycles here. neutral
お座席を離れる際は、貴重品を置いたままにしないでください。
o zaseki o hanareru sai wa, kichouhin o oita mama ni shinaide kudasai.
When leaving your seat, please do not leave valuables behind. formal
How it's formed1
All forms2
ないでnaidecolloquial
味わわないで
ください drops in casual speech — 押さないで！
ないでいただけませんかnaideitadakemasenkaformal
味わわないでいただけませんか
A humble question, used instead of an order upward.
Notes
asks you to stay in it.