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 euphemistic expression godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic)
- to die, to decease, to perish, to pass away
irregular kanji usage honorific language noun noun (generic)
- passing away, dying, death
search-only kanji form honorific language noun noun (generic) polite language archaic
- your native country, your hometown
- my home country (i.e. Japan)
- countryside, country
- daimyo's territory (Edo period)
honorific language Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- Yamaraja (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead)
search-only kanji form honorific language noun noun (generic)
- kindness, courtesy
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- older brother
search-only kanji form honorific language abbreviation usually written using kana alone noun noun (generic)
- gift received from a visitor
search-only kanji form honorific language rare term noun noun (generic)
- gift received from a visitor
archaic honorific language noun noun (generic)
- mother
honorific language noun noun (generic) rare term
- three people
- day laborer (e.g. in construction), day labourer