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ぜひ

by all means, without fail

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Examples

  1. ぜひ来てください。

    ぜひきてください。

    Please do come.

  2. いつかぜひ日本へ行きたいです。

    いつかぜひにほんへいきたいです。

    I really want to go to Japan someday.

  3. その映画はぜひ見たほうがいいですよ。

    そのえいがはぜひみたほうがいいですよ。

    You really should see that film.

Common patterns

ぜひ〜たい
to really want to ~
ぜひ〜てください
please do ~
ぜひとも
by all means

Often confused with

Memory tip

ぜひ only goes with a wish or a request (〜たい, 〜てください) — it pushes your own will, never a prediction. For "surely" about a fact, use きっと.

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