List: honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
Words used in sonkeigo or respectful language, used to show respect to the subject of the sentence.
search-only kanji form honorific language noun noun (generic)
- scolding
rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form honorific language noun noun (generic)
- doctor, physician
rarely used kanji form honorific language pronoun
- you
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- buying, purchasing
honorific language archaic yodan verb (archaic) yodan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to eat, to drink
- to wear (clothing)
- to govern, to rule
honorific language archaic noun noun (generic)
- mother
honorific language archaic noun noun (generic)
- father
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- woman bestowed with the title "in" (usu. the empress, imperial princesses, etc.)
noun noun (generic) suffix Buddhism honorific language historical term
- house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.)
- graduate school, postgraduate school
- institution (often medical), institutional building, government office
- sub-temple, minor temple building, temple, cloister
- imperial palace
- title bestowed on empresses, princesses, etc.
- former (esp. of emperors, daimyos, etc.), late
honorific language Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- high monk (esp. one of correct conduct who acts as a role model for his pupils), high priest
- initiate (esp. as a formal rank in Tendai and Shingon)
- monk who conducts religious services