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 honorific language noun noun (generic)
- (another's) letter
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- your countenance (his ..., her ..., etc.)
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- your (his, her) health
- image (e.g. of Buddha)
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- your father
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- your name
honorific language noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- your honor (honour), his (or her) honor (honour)
obsolete reading honorific language noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- giving, gifting, presenting
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- younger brother
honorific language noun noun (generic) pronoun archaic
- feudal lord
- mansion, palace
honorific language female term noun noun (generic)
- gentlemen, men
- the men's (sign on toilet, bathroom, etc. doors)