How do you say "Please press the button." in Japanese?

Name: The Walk Sign Has Been Red for Four Minutes. Japan Is Not Broken. You Are.
Uploaded: 2026-10-27T22:00:00Z
Duration: 20 s
Description: Learn to say ボタンを押してください (botan o oshite kudasai) — Please press the button.. A 30-second Japanese lesson for travelers from Kōfuku.

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The Walk Sign Has Been Red for Four Minutes. Japan Is Not Broken. You Are.

To say Please press the button. in Japanese, say ボタンを押してください (botan o oshite kudasai).

The walk sign has been red for four minutes. Japan's not broken. You are.

ボタンを押してください botan o oshite kudasai Please press the button.

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ボタンを押してください。 botan o oshite kudasai. Please press the button.
ボタンを押します。 botan o oshimasu. I'll press the button.

Kanji in this phrase

押して: おして

Why this phrase

POV at a quiet Japanese crossing: the light never changes because it is a push-button signal. The tiny box on the pole says 「ボタンを押してください」. Reveal the system, then the phrase. Warm, not mean. One takeaway. Not a drill.