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ぜひとも

by all means, without fail, absolutely (emphatic ぜひ)

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Examples

  1. ぜひとも一度お会いしたいです。

    ぜひともいちどおあいしたいです。

    I would very much like to meet you once.

  2. この仕事はぜひとも今日中に終わらせたい。

    このしごとはぜひともきょうじゅうにおわらせたい。

    I absolutely want to finish this work by the end of today.

  3. あなたの迅速なお返事がぜひとも必要です。

    あなたのじんそくなおへんじがぜひともひつようです。

    Your prompt reply is absolutely essential.

Common patterns

ぜひともお願いします
I really must ask you
ぜひとも必要だ
to be absolutely necessary
ぜひとも来てください
please do come

Memory tip

A stronger and more formal ぜひ, common in business letters. Like ぜひ it goes with wishes and requests (〜たい、〜てください), not with a plain statement of fact — for that use 必ず.

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