Clarifying a request helps you agree on the work, its audience and delivery date before you begin.

The idea

Use 確認かくにんさせてください to ask to check details. どのような asks what kind, while いつをご希望ごきぼうですか asks for a preferred deadline. Restate an assumption with という理解りかいでよろしいでしょうか and invite confirmation.

Examples

  • ご依頼ごいらいの内容ないようを確認かくにんさせてください。Please let me confirm the details of your request.
  • どのような資料しりょうを作成さくせいすればよろしいでしょうか。What kind of material would you like us to prepare?
  • 納期のうきはいつをご希望ごきぼうですか。When would you like it delivered?
  • 対象たいしょうは新あたらしいお客様きゃくさまという理解りかいでよろしいでしょうか。Am I correct in understanding that the intended audience is new customers?
  • 具体的ぐたいてきな例れいを教おしえていただけますか。Could you give me a specific example?
  • では、金曜日きんようびまでに提案書ていあんしょをお送おおくりします。Then I will send you the proposal by Friday.

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Watch out

Do not treat your restatement as an agreed instruction until the client confirms it. までに means by the deadline, including that day; まで alone can also indicate duration.

Try it yourself

  1. 「納期のうきはいつをご希望ごきぼう＿。」（ですか／でした）

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    ですか

    ですか turns the deadline question into a polite question about the client’s preference.

  2. 「具体的ぐたいてきな例れいを教おしえて＿か。」（いただけます／あります）

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    いただけます

    いただけますか politely asks the client to provide an example; ありますか asks whether something exists.

  3. 「金曜日きんようび＿に提案書ていあんしょを送おくります。」（まで／から）

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    まで

    まで combines with に to set Friday as the latest delivery date; から marks a starting point.

Use it today

Ask a client what material they need and when, check the intended audience, then summarize what you will send.