List: humble (kenjougo) language
Words used in kenjougo or humble language, used to lower the position of the speaker or the subject of the conversation.
noun noun (generic) humble language male term pronoun
- elderly person
- I, me
search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) humble language derogatory
- dotage
- feeble-minded old man, senile old fool, dotard
humble language godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to go to, to visit, to call on
noun noun (generic) humble language male term pronoun
- little brother, younger brother
- my younger brother
- I, me
noun noun (generic) humble language historical term
- little shop, small shop, small store
- my shop
- low class whorehouse in Yoshiwara (Edo period), low class brothel
- passage formed under the eaves of houses after heavy snowfalls (Tōhoku region)
irregular kanji usage humble language pronoun
- we, us
- I, me, my store (business, etc.)
archaic humble language noun noun (generic)
- me, mine
humble language dated term Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb auxiliary verb
- to give, to present, to offer
- to do for someone's sake
humble language dated term Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb auxiliary verb
- to give, to present, to offer
- to do for someone's sake
irregular okurigana noun noun (generic) humble language
- dilapidated house, tumbledown house, hovel, miserable shack
- my house, my home
- small resting place comprising four pillars and a roof (with no walls)