List: honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
Words used in sonkeigo or respectful language, used to show respect to the subject of the sentence.
search-only kanji form usually written using kana alone honorific language noun noun (generic)
- grandmother
- old woman, female senior citizen
ateji honorific language archaic noun noun (generic)
- elder sister
ateji honorific language archaic abbreviation noun noun (generic)
- elder sister
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- elder, senior
- wife's father, father-in-law
search-only kanji form honorific language expression
- please understand (that ...), please bear in mind (that ...)
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- (your) perusal, (your) inspection
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- your (company's) website
expression Ichidan verb verb (generic) honorific language
- to be seen, to be in sight
- to be able to see
- to see
- to be worth watching, to be worth seeing
honorific language noun noun (generic)
- companion, company
search-only kanji form honorific language noun noun (generic)
- (another's) son, boy, young master
- green young man from a well-to-do family, young man innocent of the ways of the world