日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Grammar

N2

~をもちまして

~o mochimashite

with this (formal, business closing)

When to use it

Reach for ~をもちまして in formal announcements, ceremonial speech, and business correspondence to mark the point at which something takes effect or comes to an end — closing a meeting, announcing a store closure, an end of service, a retirement date. It is the polite (~まして) form of ~をもって, so it belongs to spoken announcements and written notices addressed to customers or shareholders, never to casual conversation. Because it signals ceremony, it almost always pairs with humble verbs like 終了いたします・閉店いたします・させていただきます.

Formation

  • Noun + をもちまして — the only productive pattern. Typically a point in time (本日・来月末・3月31日・今期) or an anaphoric noun (これ・以上・当該通知).
  • i-adjectives / na-adjectives / verbs: cannot attach directly. Nominalize first: 移転する時点をもちまして, 契約が満了するをもちまして.
  • Register: 〜をもって is the neutral written form; 〜をもちまして is the softened, audience-facing form used in speeches and notices. 〜をもちましては is not used.
  • A secondary "by means of" sense survives in set phrases: 書面をもちまして・メールをもちまして ご連絡いたします.

Examples

  • With this, I hereby close the third board meeting.

  • That concludes my report on the first-half financial results.

  • As of today, our company is withdrawing from the mail-order business.

  • I will be leaving the company as of the end of next month.

  • We will inform you of the details in writing in due course.