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 interjection noun noun (generic)
- Dear Sir or Madam, Dear Sirs, Gentlemen
honorific language interjection noun noun (generic)
- Yours Sincerely ...
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- (another's) elder brother, older brother
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- your father
honorific language noun noun (generic) interjection
- your will, your pleasure, your wish
- certainly, as you say, you are quite right
honorific language polite language noun noun (generic) ใช adjective adjective (generic)
- humour, humor, temper, mood, spirits
- safety, health, well-being, one's situation
- in a good mood, in high spirits, happy, cheery, merry, chipper
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form polite language archaic usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb honorific language auxiliary verb
- to be
- to come, to go, to be (somewhere)
- to be (doing)
search-only kanji form honorific language usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic) familiar language abbreviation expression
- coming, going, being (somewhere)
- (please) come, go, stay
honorific language noun noun (generic) archaic
- the Emperor, His Majesty
- the government, the authorities
- proprietress, hostess, landlady, mistress
- your wife, his wife
- (one's) master, lord
honorific language Shinto noun noun (generic)
- staff with plaited paper streamers