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 younger sister
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- your son-in-law
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- your niece
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- your wife, his wife, Mrs.
honorific language noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- your highness, your grace, your eminence
honorific language pronoun noun noun (generic)
- you
- noblewoman, lady
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- your magazine, your journal, your paper, your honored paper, your honoured paper, your columns
search-only kanji form archaic auxiliary verb verb (generic) nidan verb (archaic) nidan verb (archaic) honorific language humble language
- auxiliary verb indicating the causative voice
- auxiliary verb indicating the permissive voice
- auxiliary verb strengthening the honorific notion
- auxiliary verb strengthening the humble notion
honorific language noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb
- presentation, giving, bestowing
honorific language noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- attendance (of the Empress)