List: honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
Words used in sonkeigo or respectful language, used to show respect to the subject of the sentence.
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- your father
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- your name
honorific language noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- your honor (honour), his (or her) honor (honour)
obsolete reading honorific language noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ăă transitive verb
- giving, gifting, presenting
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- younger brother
honorific language noun noun (generic) pronoun archaic
- feudal lord
- mansion, palace
honorific language female term noun noun (generic)
- gentlemen, men
- the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)
ateji honorific language dated term noun noun (generic) archaic
- lady, madame, matron
- mistress (of a household), housewife
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- your wife, his wife
- secret meeting, secrecy
search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) honorific language obsolete term
- inside
- (another's) wife