jmdict 1189130 Active (id#2145327)
どうぞ [ichi1]
  1. [adv]
    • please
    • kindly
    • pray
    • I beg (of you)
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 1189140 何卒【なにとぞ】 1. please; kindly; I beg of you; if it pleases you
    • ⇐ see: 1632200 如何か【どうか】 1. please; if you would; would you mind
  2. [adv]
    《when giving permission or accepting a request》
    • by all means
    • certainly
    • of course
    • (go) ahead
    • (feel) free (to)
    • (you are) welcome (to)
    • please (help yourself to)
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 1189140 何卒【なにとぞ】 2. by all means; without fail
  3. [adv]
    《when handing something to someone》
    • here you are
  4. [vs] [chn]
    • to give
Conjugations
History:
    • A 2021-08-28 23:35:15 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      Although sense 3 doesn't translate as an adverb in English, I think it would still be considered adverbial in Japanese.
    • Diff
      @@ -28 +28 @@
-<s_inf>when handing over something</s_inf>
+<s_inf>when handing something to someone</s_inf>
    • A 2021-08-28 11:42:59 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      Looks OK to me. I'll tweak the exampless.
    • A* 2021-08-28 08:00:54 Marcus Richert
    • Comments
      If we define sense 3 as only used "when 
handing over something" though, it kind of 
ends up just being an int and never an adv, 
no? お茶をどうぞ (verb implied) is sense 2 "help 
yourself to some tea" rather than "here you 
are; tea." 

Tried to make my additions to sense 2 into 
adverb glosses.
    • Diff
      @@ -22 +22 @@
-<gloss>feel free (to)</gloss>
+<gloss>(feel) free (to)</gloss>
@@ -23,0 +24 @@
+<gloss>please (help yourself to)</gloss>
    • A* 2021-08-28 00:56:30 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      I think it's fine to lead with sense 1 given how common it is in written/formal Japanese. (Have a look at the top 100 どうぞ〜 terms in the ngrams). I'm not totally opposed to the 2→3→1 order, though.
I think adv is correct for those senses. It's very much like "certainly" in English.
    • A* 2021-08-26 15:34:48 Marcus Richert
    • Comments
      Should sense 3 (and also 2?) maybe be int 
rather than adv?
    • Diff
      @@ -20,0 +21 @@
+<gloss>(go) ahead</gloss>
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