List: honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
Words used in sonkeigo or respectful language, used to show respect to the subject of the sentence.
popular JLPT N1 noun noun (generic) honorific language familiar language noun (suffix)
- great numbers (of people), numerical superiority, masses
- people, folk, clique, bunch
popular honorific language Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
popular JLPT N2 familiar language honorific language noun noun (generic)
- Buddhist priest, monk
- boy
popular JLPT N1 honorific language noun noun (generic) historical term
- nobleman, dignitary, lord
- feudal lord (of the Edo period), daimyo
- man brought up away from the world, arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world
popular familiar language honorific language noun noun (generic)
- elder brother
- one's senior
- older man, man older than oneself
popular honorific language noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb する transitive verb
- presenting (to)
popular honorific language noun noun (generic) familiar language
- older brother, elder brother
- brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship)
- young man, buddy, fella, laddie
popular honorific language noun noun (generic)
- older sister, elder sister
- young lady
- miss
- ma'am
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb honorific language auxiliary verb
- to let (someone) play, to keep (someone) amused, to entertain
- to leave idle, to not make use of, to let go to waste
- to do
- to do
popular noun noun (generic) honorific language noun (suffix)
- master painter, great artist
- painter, artist