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.
humble language noun noun (generic)
- little house, my humble home
- snail shell
obsolete reading archaic irregular ru verb verb (generic) intransitive verb polite language humble language suffix
- to wait upon, to serve
- to be
- to humbly do ...
noun noun (generic) humble language
- poor isolated village
- one's hometown
archaic honorific language yodan verb (archaic) yodan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb humble language nidan verb (archaic) nidan verb (archaic)
- to give
- to receive
search-only kanji form honorific language humble language noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ transitive verb noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic)
- promise, agreement, arrangement, one's word, contract, pact, appointment, engagement, date
- something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag), typical or clichรฉd development (in a story), something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)
humble language noun noun (generic)
- (one's own) abilities and intelligence
noun noun (generic) humble language
- foolish plan
- (one's own) plan, one's modest proposal
humble language expression
- needless to say, obviously, of course
search-only kanji form humble language expression ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- there's no (other) way
- cannot be helped, unavoidable, inevitable, (there's) nothing one can do, having no choice
- it's no use (doing), pointless, useless, no good, insufficient, not enough
- hopeless (person), annoying, troublesome, awful
- cannot stand it, unbearable, cannot help (doing, feeling), dying (to do)
humble language expression noun noun (generic) adverb
- small token of one's sentiments
- just slightly, only a bit