Turn an informal note about delayed documents into a clear message for a formal recipient.
The idea
State the delay and apologize, explain the cause briefly, then give the next action. Use 申し訳ございません for the apology, お送りします or お送りいたします for your own action, and ご確認いただけますでしょうか to request the recipient’s action. Keep the です・ます endings consistent.
Examples
- 資料の送付が遅れ、申し訳ございません。I apologize for the delay in sending the documents.
- 確認に予想より時間を要しました。The review took longer than expected.
- 修正した資料を本日お送りいたします。I will send the revised documents today.
- お手数をおかけしますが、内容をご確認いただけますでしょうか。I apologize for the trouble, but could you check the contents?
- ご意見がございましたら、金曜日までにお知らせください。If you have comments, please let me know by Friday.
- 今後は提出までの日程を見直します。In future, I will revise the schedule leading up to submission.
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Watch out
Honorifics depend on who acts: いたします humbles your action; なさいます honors someone else’s. Politeness cannot compensate for an unclear deadline or an invented reason. Preserve the facts while revising.
Try it yourself
お手数をおかけしますが、ご確認_でしょうか。(いただけます/くれる)
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いただけます
いただけます forms a polite request for the recipient to check; くれる does not fit before でしょうか here.
資料を本日お送り_。(いたします/なさいます)
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いたします
いたします humbly describes the sender’s action; なさいます refers respectfully to another person’s action.
ご意見が_、お知らせください。(ございましたら/あるじゃん)
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ございましたら
ございましたら is the polite conditional “if there are”; あるじゃん is conversational and unsuitable here.
Practice round
Answer questions, then rebuild Japanese sentences where available. We keep your score.
お手数をおかけしますが、ご確認_でしょうか。(いただけます/くれる)
資料を本日お送り_。(いたします/なさいます)
ご意見が_、お知らせください。(ございましたら/あるじゃん)
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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Rewrite a note about a delayed document for a client. Apologize, state when you will send it, request a check and give a deadline; check the actor and ending of each sentence.

