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どちら様
dochira-sama
Description
「どちら様ですか」は、相手の名前を知りたいときに使う、とてもていねいな言い方です。
"どちら様ですか" is a very polite way to ask someone's name.
電話や玄関で、まだ相手がだれか分からないときによく使います。
It is often used on the phone or at the door when you don't know who the other person is yet.
Meanings
どちら様dochira-sama
who? (very polite way to ask someone's identity)
すみません、どちら様ですか。
Excuse me, who is this?
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Notes
- Etymology
どちら (which/where, polite) + honorific 様, softening a direct 'who are you?' into polite speech.
- Nuance
More formal and gentle than どなた; common on the phone or at the door.
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