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) noun or verb acting prenominally adjective (generic)
- (your) business, (your) concern, (your) need
- (customer's) order
- official business (of the government, Imperial Court, etc.)
- arrest, capture
- subservient to an authority (esp. the government), pro-government
popular JLPT N2 abbreviation usually written using kana alone interjection honorific language noun noun (generic)
- (please) try to
- (please) look
- seeing, looking, watching
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 polite language noun noun (generic) honorific language
- lunch
- noon, midday
- daytime
- waking up, getting up, rising
popular honorific language noun noun (generic) noun (suffix)
- your Excellency, his Excellency, her Excellency
popular honorific language noun noun (generic)
- taikล (esp. Toyotomi Hideyoshi), title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son
popular JLPT N3 godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) honorific language
- to cross over (e.g. mountain), to go across
- to get over (e.g. hardship)
- to pass time (e.g. a winter)
- to surpass, to be better than, to exceed
- to move house
- to go, to come
popular ใช adjective adjective (generic) noun noun (generic) honorific language
- famous, well-known, renowned, distinguished, celebrated
- your name
popular honorific language Buddhism noun noun (generic)
- priestly teacher, preceptor
- monk (esp. the head monk of a temple), priest, head priest
- second highest priestly rank in Buddhism
- master (of one's art, trade, etc.)
popular honorific language noun noun (generic)
- great king
popular honorific language noun noun (generic)
- (your) daughter, young woman
- daughter of a good family