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List: honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language

Words used in sonkeigo or respectful language, used to show respect to the subject of the sentence.

Showing 41 - 50 of 549 words for the list honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language. #hon
ใ”่ฆงใ”ใ‚‰ใ‚“goran

popular  JLPT N2  abbreviation  usually written using kana alone  interjection  honorific language  noun  noun (generic) 

  • (please) try to
  • (please) look
  • seeing, looking, watching
ใŠๆ˜ผใŠใฒใ‚‹ohiru

popular  search-only kanji form  JLPT N3  polite language  noun  noun (generic)  honorific language 

  • lunch
  • noon, midday
  • daytime
  • waking up, getting up, rising
้–ฃไธ‹ใ‹ใฃใ‹kakka

popular  honorific language  noun  noun (generic)  noun (suffix) 

  • your Excellency, his Excellency, her Excellency
ๅคช้–คใŸใ„ใ“ใ†taikou

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
่ถŠใ™ใ“ใ™kosu

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
้ซ˜ๅใ“ใ†ใ‚ใ„koumei

popular  ใช adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  honorific language 

  • famous, well-known, renowned, distinguished, celebrated
  • your name
ๅ’ŒๅฐšใŠใ—ใ‚‡ใ†oshou

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.)
ๅคง็Ž‹ใ ใ„ใŠใ†daiou

popular  honorific language  noun  noun (generic) 

  • great king
ไปคๅฌขใ‚Œใ„ใ˜ใ‚‡ใ†reijou

popular  honorific language  noun  noun (generic) 

  • (your) daughter, young woman
  • daughter of a good family
้€ๅŽปใ›ใ„ใใ‚‡seikyo

popular  honorific language  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใ™ใ‚‹  intransitive verb 

  • death, passing

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