Favours, sorry, cheer up
Collocations, Stage 3chunk 10 of 23People & talk
Asking a favour, apologising for the trouble or worry you caused, and cheering someone up.
- onegai ga aruhave a favour to ask
- meiwaku o kakerucause someone trouble
- shinpai o kakerumake someone worry
- genki o dasucheer up
Mix-ups onegai ga aru is asking a favour and onegai o kiku is granting one. meiwaku o kakeru and shinpai o kakeru put trouble or worry on someone else, while shinpai suru means you are the one worrying. genki dashite (cheer up) is not ganbatte (hang in there).
onegai ga aru
polite onegai ga arimasuhave a favour to ask
お願いがある おねがいがある お願いがあります
verbaru あるthere is; have (things, plans, something to bring up)typical 59% of onegai
trap English 'ask a favour' leads to onegai o kiku, which means granting one; asking opens with onegai ga aru (tanomi ga aru is a blunter twin, mostly heard from men).
Opens a request and usually trails off with n da kedo: chotto onegai ga aru n da kedo... Natives often keep the ga in this one.
chotto onegai ga aru n da kedo.
Can I ask you a favour?
ちょっとお願いがあるんだけど。
chotto onegai ga aru n desu kedo.
I have a small favour to ask.
ちょっとお願いがあるんですけど。
hanashi ga aru n da kedo = I need to talk to you; soudan ga aru n da kedo = can I ask your advice?
Same verb: tanomi (request), hanashi (something to talk about), shitsumon (question), youji (errand)Main list: onegai (Stage 1), tanomu (Stage 2), aru (Stage 1), kiku (Stage 2), n da kedo (Stage 1)
meiwaku o kakeru
polite meiwaku o kakemasucause someone trouble
迷惑をかける めいわくをかける 迷惑をかけます
verbkakeru かけるhang or put something onto something; here, put a burden on someonetypical 71% of meiwaku
trap English 'cause' leads to okosu: mondai o okosu is fine for causing an incident, but meiwaku o okosu doesn't work; trouble you put on others is kakeru (meiwaku suru means you are the one being bothered).
Mostly in apologies: meiwaku kakete gomen (sorry for the trouble), meiwaku kaketakunai (I don't want to be a burden). Bare meiwaku da means 'what a nuisance'.
meiwaku kakete gomen ne.
Sorry for all the trouble.
迷惑かけてごめんね。
gomeiwaku o kakete sumimasen.
I'm sorry for the trouble.
ご迷惑をかけてすみません。
In business you'll hear the humble gomeiwaku o okake shite sumimasen.
Same verb: kurou (hardship: kurou kakete gomen), tesuu (bother: otesuu o okake shimasu, polite/business)Learn alongside: shinpai o kakeruMain list: kakeru (Stage 4), gomen (Stage 1), sumimasen (Stage 1)
shinpai o kakeru
polite shinpai o kakemasumake someone worry
心配をかける しんぱいをかける 心配をかけます
verbkakeru かけるhang or put something onto something; here, put worry on someonetypical <1% of shinpai
trap English 'worry you' leads to shinpai suru, which means you are the one worrying; worrying someone else is shinpai o kakeru (shinpai sasete gomen also works).
Said apologetically after you've had people worried: shinpai kakete gomen. Different from shinpai shinaide (don't worry), where the other person is the worrier.
shinpai kakete gomen ne.
Sorry I made you worry.
心配かけてごめんね。
shinpai o kakete sumimasen.
I'm sorry to have worried you.
心配をかけてすみません。
Same verb: meiwaku (trouble), kurou (hardship)Learn alongside: meiwaku o kakeruMain list: kakeru (Stage 4), shinpai (Stage 4), gomen (Stage 1), sumimasen (Stage 1)
genki o dasu
polite genki o dashimasucheer up
元気を出す げんきをだす 元気を出します
verbdasu 出すput out, bring outtypical 19% of genki
trap For 'cheer up', learners say ganbatte, which means 'hang in there' and can feel like pressure to someone who's sad. genki ni natte is said mostly to someone ill (get well). For someone down right now, the set phrase is genki dashite.
Almost always the request genki dashite (cheer up!), said to someone who is down. The intransitive genki ga deru means feel better or perk up: kore tabetara genki deta.
daijoubu da yo, genki dashite.
It's okay, cheer up.
大丈夫だよ、元気出して。
daijoubu desu yo, genki o dashite kudasai.
It's okay, please cheer up.
大丈夫ですよ、元気を出してください。
Pairs with genki ga nai (feeling down), which is in the describing-people set. To a superior, genki o dashite kudasai can sound presumptuous, like ganbatte kudasai.
Same verb: yuuki (courage), chikara (strength), koe (voice)Learn alongside: genki ga nai, yaruki ga nai (Stage 4), yaruki ga deru (Stage 4), genki ga deru (Stage 4), tenshon ga agaru (Stage 4)Main list: genki (Stage 3), dasu (Stage 4), ganbatte (Stage 4), -ku naru / -ni naru (Stage 4)