List: honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
Words used in sonkeigo or respectful language, used to show respect to the subject of the sentence.
ateji honorific language dated term noun noun (generic) archaic
- lady, madame, matron
- mistress (of a household), housewife
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- your wife, his wife
- secret meeting, secrecy
search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) honorific language obsolete term
- inside
- (another's) wife
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- both people, two people
- two directions, both directions
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- teacher, wise man, sage, master
- Confucius
- the person concerned, you, he, she
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- father
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- (a) Buddha
- deceased person
honorific language dated term noun noun (generic)
- mother
honorific language formal or literary term noun noun (generic)
- (another's) mother
honorific language noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- death (of an emperor), demise