お〜ください details
write + please do
o kaki kudasai
please do (honorific request)
meaning: please write
どうぞ、おかけください。
douzo, o kake kudasai.
Please, have a seat. neutral
恐れ入りますが、こちらで少々お待ちください。
osoreirimasu ga, kochira de shoushou o machi kudasai.
We're terribly sorry, but please wait here a moment. formal
Examples
please do — honorific request in service and announcement language
どうぞ、おかけください。
douzo, o kake kudasai.
Please, have a seat. neutral
恐れ入りますが、こちらで少々お待ちください。
osoreirimasu ga, kochira de shoushou o machi kudasai.
We're terribly sorry, but please wait here a moment. formal
詳しくは、係員までお問い合わせください。
kuwashiku wa, kakariin made o toiawase kudasai.
For details, please ask a member of staff. formal
Formation
お{V-masu-stem}くださいattaches to ます-stem
Notes
Related patterns
Similar
Politeness upgrade of the same instruction — お待ちください outranks 待ってください yet stays a directive; it owns announcements and counter service, adding ceremony rather than softness, while a genuinely soft ask switches to ていただけますか.
The same honorific お＋stem frame in two speech acts — お読みになる states the honored person's act, お読みください requests it; the request is the imperative face of the same respect.
Lookalikes
Identical in romaji ("o kudasai") and near-identical in speech once を drops — but 電話（を）ください requests the thing/act plainly, while お電話ください is the honorific request frame お+stem+ください.