List: honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
Words used in sonkeigo or respectful language, used to show respect to the subject of the sentence.
formal or literary term noun noun (generic) honorific language
- scented India ink, fragrant sumi
- your esteemed letter, your highly regarded writing
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- (another's) parents
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- Gautama Buddha, Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- young master, young gentleman
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- young lord
- successor of one's current lord
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- young master, son of a high-ranking person
honorific language dated term noun noun (generic)
- mother
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- (one's) father-in-law
- (one's) employer, master
- principal supporter of a temple, influential temple parishioner
honorific language noun noun (generic) historical term
- monarch
- shogun (of the Tokugawa government)
honorific language archaic noun noun (generic)
- emperor
- prince, princess