Structure
する ￫ いたす
お + Verb［stem］+ いたす
ご(1) + ［する］ Verb + いたす
(1) お, limited to ［する］Verbs like: 電話する、勉強する、散歩する
Details
Polite
About いたす
いたす, or 致す as it is often written, is a humble speech う-Verb, which refers to the actions of the speaker (or people within the speakers inner circle, like their company). Similarly to お〜する, いたす means 'to do'.
In the case of する verbs themselves, simply replace する with いたす. For other verbs, add いたす to the ます stem of the verb, while attaching お, or ご to the beginning (depending on whether it is a word of Japanese or Chinese origin).
Caution
Words that include the kanji 拝 'to worship', or 'to revere', do not usually require お, ご, or いたす. This is due to the word itself being 'respectful'.
Fun Fact
いたす is considered to be slightly more humble than お〜する, which means that it will be heard more frequently in advertisements, or being used by company employees.
Related
Vocab Coverage
All Bunpro Vocab that appears on this item.
Examples
--:--
ご案内いたします。
I will guide you.
拝借してもよろしいですか。
May I humbly borrow it?
駅の前でお待ちいたします。
I will wait in front of the station.
品物は明日お送りいたします。
We will send the merchandise tomorrow.
お荷物をお持ちいたしましょうか？
Shall I take your baggage?
Get more example sentences!
Premium users get access to 12 example sentences on all Grammar Points.
Self-Study Sentences
Online
～いたす
E-Japanese
Set Expressions
Tae Kim
いたす
JapaneseQuizzes
Offline
[DBJG] A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar
Page 39
Genki II 1st Edition
Page 158 & 159
Genki II 2nd Edition
Page 188
Genki II 3rd Edition
Page 184
Tae Kim's Japanese Grammar Guide
Page 225
みんなの日本語 II
Page 156 [CH 50]
Track Resources!
Bunpro tracks all of the resources you’ve visited, and offers relevant bookmarks of physical books to help with offline tracking.
いたす – Grammar Discussion
Most Recent Replies (52 in total)
MusicalBookworm
The example sentence leading to this explanation is:
Kenjougo, Permissiveよろしいですか。(拝借する).
The correct response is: 拝借してもよろしいですかI’m confused as to how the sentence and the explanation are related.
Uplifted2472
This part greatly confused me because the 募集する example has no お in there!
The111
Yep, this lesson is still a huge pile of confusion, taken at face value. I do think there is some discussion above that helps (specifically comment#39), but I’ve forgotten that nuance multiple times already. And when I get a question wrong in a review (because my memory is not perfect), I don’t come to this thread and read all 50 comments. I go to the lesson, and the lesson still does not explain this, so I get puzzled again.
I tried asking an LLM why
ご案内いたしますhas ...