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 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb intransitive verb auxiliary verb
- to do
- to eat, to drink
- to put on, to wear
- to buy, to purchase
- to take (a bath)
- to ride, to get in (a vehicle), to take
- to catch (a cold)
- to put on (years), to get old
- to strike one's fancy, to please one
- indicates respect
search-only kanji form honorific language noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb
- changing one's clothes, change of clothes
honorific language Ichidan verb verb (generic)
- to go, to come
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- hair
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- crest (of a noble family)
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- Acala (Wisdom King), ฤryฤcalanฤtha, Fudล, fierce Buddhist deity
auxiliary verb verb (generic) Ichidan verb honorific language
- indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive")
- indicates the potential form
- indicates spontaneous occurrence
- used as an honorific for others' actions
auxiliary verb verb (generic) Ichidan verb honorific language
- auxiliary verb indicating the causative voice
- auxiliary verb indicating the granting of permission to do something
- auxiliary verb used as an honorific for others' actions
usually written using kana alone honorific language Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb
- to be, to exist
- to be (honorific copula)
honorific language auxiliary verb verb (generic) Ichidan verb
- to do