ぜひ

ぜひ
adverb
by all means, definitely
1. by all means, definitely
Expresses strong desire or recommendation. Used to strongly encourage someone or express earnest hope.
ぜひ来(き)てください。
Please do come.
Strong invitation
ぜひ食(た)べてみてください。
You really should try eating this.
ぜひ日本(にほん)に行(い)きたいです。
I definitely want to go to Japan.
Strong personal desire
今度(こんど)の週末(しゅうまつ)、ぜひ遊(あそ)びに来(き)てください。
Please do come over to hang out this weekend.
この本(ほん)はとてもおもしろいので、ぜひ読(よ)んでみてください。人生(じんせい)が変(か)わりますよ。
This book is really interesting, so you should definitely read it. It will change your life.

ぜひ is an adverb that adds strong emphasis to requests, invitations, and expressions of desire. It conveys sincerity and earnestness.

KANJI:
Can be written as 是非(ぜひ) but hiragana is more common.

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • ぜひ～てください: please do ~
  • ぜひ～たい: definitely want to ~
  • ぜひ来(き)てください: please do come
  • ぜひ試(ため)してみてください: you should definitely try it

USAGE:
Used to make invitations, requests, and recommendations more sincere and emphatic. Often appears in polite speech.

SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS:

  • どうぞ: please (offering)
  • どうか: please (requesting earnestly)
  • きっと: surely, definitely

NOTE:
ぜひ also has a noun meaning of 'right and wrong' (是非(ぜひ)を問(と)う - to question right and wrong), but the adverbial use is far more common.

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Added 2026.1.7 21:53 · Revised 2026.2.19 12:16
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