English Translation
Please step aside.
Is this a polite form that you can use with strangers?
@ericaw
First off, 脇に寄ってください in Kanji is better.
Police officers or security guards often say 脇に寄ってください to passengers for a traffic control purpose. They shouldn’t be bossy and arrogant in our culture even if they simply fulfill their responsibilities. So, they say ～ください (please) in a polite tone.
if a person kindly ask a stranger to step aside in order for the person to walk through, 脇に寄っていただけませんか？ (Would you please…?) is better and much politer. Unlike the police/security guard case, this person is asking for his own benefit. So, he is supposed to use a much politer phrase.
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