List: honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
Words used in sonkeigo or respectful language, used to show respect to the subject of the sentence.
popular honorific language noun noun (generic)
- His Majesty the Emperor
popular obsolete reading search-only kanji form JLPT N5 honorific language noun noun (generic) familiar language pronoun
- father, dad, papa, pa, pop, daddy, dada
- husband
- you (of an elderly person older than the speaker), he, him
popular honorific language noun noun (generic) archaic pronoun
- people, (all) persons, everyone, ladies and gentlemen
- you (usu. plural)
popular JLPT N3 honorific language suffix noun noun (generic) pronoun counter
- Mr, Mrs, Ms, Miss
- clan
- he, him
- counter for people
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) honorific language noun (suffix)
- lady (of high social status; e.g. scholar, artist, critic, politician)
- Ms, Mrs, Miss
popular JLPT N2 honorific language noun noun (generic)
- God, god, deity, divinity, spirit, kami
- ace, king, superior person, god (amongst men)
popular noun noun (generic) honorific language
- emperor (of Japan), mikado
- (the gates of an) imperial residence
popular honorific language noun noun (generic)
- everyone
popular search-only kana form irregular okurigana search-only kanji form JLPT N4 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb humble language honorific language suffix expression
- to rise, to go up, to come up, to ascend, to be raised
- to enter (esp. from outdoors), to come in, to go in
- to enter (a school), to advance to the next grade
- to get out (of water), to come ashore
- to increase
- to improve, to make progress
- to be promoted, to advance
- to be made (of profit, etc.)
- to occur (esp. of a favourable result)
- to be adequate (to cover expenses, etc.)
- to be finished, to be done, to be over
- to stop (of rain), to lift
- to stop (working properly), to cut out, to give out, to die
- to win (in a card game, etc.)
- to be arrested
- to turn up (of evidence, etc.)
- to be deep fried
- to be spoken loudly
- to get nervous, to get stage fright
- to be offered (to the gods, etc.)
- to go, to visit
- to eat, to drink
- to be listed (as a candidate)
- to serve (in one's master's home)
- to be complete, to finish
- above, north of
popular ateji JLPT N4 honorific language noun noun (generic)
- knowing, being aware (of)
- (an) acquaintance