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Formal to Client

Cultural · Communication

N2

皆様の温かいお力添えなくしては、本日のこの場はございませんでした。心より御礼申し上げます。Without all of your warm support, today's occasion would not exist. I express my heartfelt gratitude. (Cultural · Communication, Formal to Client, JLPT N2)

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皆様の温かいお力添えなくしては、本日のこの場はございませんでした。心より御礼申し上げます。

みなさまのあたたかいおちからぞえなくしては、ほんじつのこのばはございませんでした。こころよりおれいもうしあげます。

Without all of your warm support, today's occasion would not exist. I express my heartfelt gratitude.

Romaji: Minasama no atatakai ochikara-zoe nakushite wa, honjitsu no kono ba wa gozaimasen deshita. Kokoro yori orei moushiagemasu. / Reply Romaji: Kochira koso. Goseikou wo kokoro yori oyorokobi moushiagemasu.

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こちらこそ。ご成功を心よりお喜び申し上げます。

こちらこそ。ごせいこうをこころよりおよろこびもうしあげます。

On the contrary, we heartily celebrate your success.

Gesture & etiquette

Deliver standing, arms at sides or one hand holding microphone. Bow about 30 degrees on 「申し上げます」. Make sweeping eye contact across the audience as you say 「皆様」. Speak slowly with emotion—gratitude should be felt, not just stated.

Speech opener for celebratory events (anniversaries, openings, weddings hosted by company). 「お力添えなくして~ございません」 (without your support, this wouldn't exist) is a powerful credit-the-supporters frame. 「温かい」 (warm) softens the formal structure. Use at gatherings where guests have meaningfully contributed to the occasion.

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