I often see in Japanese business letters ご確認ください。what and how do I use this
phrase?
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grammar meaning usage business-japanese
The proper use of ご確認ください
ご確認ください means "please have a careful look at the case, and I am looking
forward your response."

ご確認ください is a little respectful than 確認してください and more respectful than 確認してくれる；
ご確認いただく is a little respectful than 確認していただくand more respectful than 確認してもらう

subject of 確認してください :You ; subject of確認してもらう:I or we
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"Please verify" or "please confirm"

Kakunin = confirmation

go kakunin = your (honored/respected) confirmation

go kakunin kudasai = please deign to give your honored confirmation or "please
check this."
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An important thing to note in real-life usage of this phrase is that sometimes
it does not ask for any explicit reaction or response.

Obviously, if the sender is bringing up a problem that needs to be dealt with,
or if something is awaiting your explicit approval, ご確認ください will mean _Please
look into this and do something about it_ or _Please confirm and reply_.
Frequently this call to action is written a little more explicitly as ご確認願います
/ ご確認よろしくお願いします.

In other situations, ご確認ください can simply mean _Please take note that I did
something_. For example, the sender may have attached an itinerary that does
not call for your input. Or maybe the sender has sent a photo you asked for.
In this case, the sender does not expect a response at all.

Some inane emails may even go as far as to use ご確認ください and よろしくお願いします
interchangeably. In such extreme cases, this means nothing more than a
_Regards_ at the end of the letter.
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