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List: honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

Words used in sonkeigo or respectful language, used to show respect to the subject of the sentence.

Showing 41 - 50 of 598 words for the list honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language. #hon
画伯がはくgahaku

popular  noun  noun (generic)  honorific language  noun (suffix) 

  • master painter, great artist
  • painter, artist
御用ごようgoyou

popular  honorific language  noun  noun (generic)  noun or verb acting prenominally  adjective (generic) 

  • (your) business, (your) concern, (your) need
  • (customer's) order
  • official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.)
  • arrest, capture
  • subservient to an authority (esp. the government), pro-government
ご覧ごらんgoran

popular  JLPT N2  abbreviation  usually written using kana alone  interjection  honorific language  noun  noun (generic) 

  • (please) try to
  • (please) look
  • seeing, looking, watching
お昼おひるohiru

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  polite language  noun  noun (generic)  honorific language 

  • lunch
  • noon, midday
  • daytime
  • waking up, getting up, rising
閣下かっかkakka

popular  honorific language  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix) 

  • your Excellency, his Excellency, her Excellency
太閤たいこうtaikou

popular  honorific language  noun  noun (generic) 

  • taikō (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi), title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
越すこすkosu

popular  JLPT N3  godan verb  godan verb (archaic)  verb (generic)  transitive verb  honorific language 

  • to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across
  • to get over (e.g. hardship)
  • to pass time (e.g. a winter)
  • to surpass, to be better than, to exceed
  • to move house
  • to go, to come
高名こうめいkoumei

popular  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  honorific language 

  • famous, well-known, renowned, distinguished, celebrated
  • your name
和尚おしょうoshou

popular  honorific language  Buddhism  noun  noun (generic) 

  • priestly teacher, preceptor
  • monk (esp. the head monk of a temple), priest, head priest
  • second highest priestly rank in Buddhism
  • master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
大王だいおうdaiou

popular  honorific language  noun  noun (generic) 

  • great king

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