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ご鞭撻

ごべんたつ

encouragement (formal)

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Examples

  1. ご指導ご鞭撻のほどお願いいたします。

    ごしどうごべんたつのほどおねがいいたします。

    I ask for your guidance and encouragement.

  2. 今後とも変わらぬご鞭撻を賜りますようお願い申し上げます。

    こんごともかわらぬごべんたつをたまわりますようおねがいもうしあげます。

    I ask for your unchanging encouragement from here on.

  3. 皆様のご鞭撻のおかげで今日があります。

    みなさまのごべんたつのおかげできょうがあります。

    I am where I am today thanks to everyone's encouragement.

Common patterns

ご指導ご鞭撻
guidance and encouragement
ご鞭撻を賜る
to receive your encouragement
ご鞭撻のほどお願い申し上げます
we ask for your encouragement

Memory tip

鞭 is a whip, so the image is of being spurred on. In real use it appears almost only inside the set phrase ご指導ご鞭撻のほど, in self-introductions and speeches.

Kanji in this word

  • 鞭Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists
  • 撻Not in the N5–N1 kanji lists

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What does ご鞭撻 mean?