How to Say ‘Your residence card, please.’ in Japanese
在留カードをお願いします。
zairyuu kaado o o negai shi masu
[zai-ryuu kaa-doh oh oh neh-gai shee mahss]
💬 Usage Tip: Staff may say this when asking you to show or hand over your card. The omitted meaning is understood from context.
🇯🇵 In Japan: Japanese office speech often sounds short but polite. Fewer words, more context.
Phrase Breakdown
在留カード
zairyuu kaado
residence card
A card issued to foreign residents in Japan showing residence status and period of stay.
在留カードを見せてください。
Please show your residence card.
Words in this phrase
在留
zairyuu
[zai-ryuu]
residence / stay
Refers to residence status or stay in Japan.
在留カードをお願いします。
Your residence card, please.
カード
kaado
[kaa-doh]
card
Means card. Together with 在留, it means residence card.
カードを出します。
I take out my card.
をお願いします
o o negai shi masu
please / I would like to request
A polite way to ask for something. Here it means "please" when requesting the residence card.
水をお願いします。
Water, please.
Words in this phrase
を
o
[oh]
object marker
Marks the item being requested by the staff member.
在留カードをお願いします。
Your residence card, please.
お
o
[oh]
honorific prefix
Polite prefix in the expression お願いします.
お願いします、と言われました。
I was told, “Please.”
願い
negai
[neh-gai]
request / favor
Main noun in the polite request phrase.
願いがあります。
I have a request.
し
shi
[shee]
do
Verb stem helping form お願いします, a polite request.
お願いします。
Please.
ます
masu
[mahss]
polite verb ending
Polite ending used in office and service settings.
確認します。
I will confirm it.
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