ちょうだい is a casual way to ask for something: お水ちょうだい = “give me some water”. After a verb, 見せてちょうだい is a soft “show me”. It comes from 頂戴, a humble word for “receive” that is still used politely at work: 頂戴します.
Casual and a little soft: for family and close friends. Children use it to ask for things, and parents say it to children (片付けてちょうだい), so from an adult it can sound childish or parental.
Two people are shouting insults at each other when a baby named Taro wakes up and starts crying.
Waah, waah... talk a little more quietly, would you?
Textbookもう少し静かに話してください。「〜てください」 becomes 「〜てちょうだい」, a soft, familiar request typical of a mother; 「話す」 becomes casual 「喋る」.
One performer wanted to do a bit about falling in love at a hostess club. Their partner sums it up as thinking you can pay your way into love there, and the first performer offers to act it out.
Culture note A "kyabakura" is a hostess club: customers pay to drink and chat with hostesses who keep them company.
just watch from over there.
Textbookそこで見ていてください。"見ていて" is shortened to "見てて", and the casual "ちょうだい" replaces the polite "ください" after the て-form.
One performer explains an unusual relationship and announces that the couple will appear on a TV show next week.
Culture note 'Gekirea-san' is a popular TV Asahi variety show that brings on ordinary people with extremely rare life experiences.
If you'd like, please do watch.
Textbookよろしければ、ぜひ見てください。「〜てください」 becomes 「〜てちょうだい」, a warm, motherly request; casual 「よかったら」 replaces polite 「よろしければ」.
At a club tryout, a senior member tells a newcomer to fetch something and to shout 'hey' instead of 'yes' on the court.
Okay, gimme, gimme, gimme!
Textbookでは、それを私にください。'〜をください' becomes casual 'ちょうだい', with the object dropped, repeated to call for a pass.
Someone swaps Instagram accounts with a person and asks to be contacted if there's even a tiny chance between them.
Culture note Timee is a Japanese app for finding one-off, short part-time jobs.
Hit me up, hit me up! And if you seriously think it's zero—
Textbook連絡をください、連絡をください。本当に可能性がゼロだと思ったら……'連絡をください' becomes '連絡ちょうだい', then just 'ちょうだい' repeated; 'マジで' replaces '本当に'.
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〜ちょうだい means “give me…” (casual). ちょうだい is a casual way to ask for something: お水ちょうだい = “give me some water”. After a verb, 見せてちょうだい is a soft “show me”. It comes from 頂戴, a humble word for “receive” that is still used politely at work: 頂戴します.
With friends: OK. With coworkers: avoid. With a boss or teacher: avoid. Casual and a little soft: for family and close friends. Children use it to ask for things, and parents say it to children (片付けてちょうだい), so from an adult it can sound childish or parental.
In 1,905 live comedy routines, 〜ちょうだい appears in 65 lines from 34 comedians.