どうぞ
go ahead
He holds the door open with his back and waits. Do ya どう want to go first? Nothing is said and nothing needs saying, because the whole invitation is in the eyebrows: どうぞ.
Offers and invites: take it, go ahead, after you. どうも is thanks, and the two get muddled constantly.
This is one of 1,500 words in Emaki, a free spaced repetition trainer with a written mnemonic on every card.
Study どうぞ in EmakiFree, no account needed. Your progress stays in your browser.
Emaki is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, Kaishi 1.5k or its authors. The word, reading and meaning come from the Kaishi 1.5k deck, used with their permission. The mnemonic, the note and the kanji breakdown are original work, published under CC BY-SA 4.0.