List: honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
Words used in sonkeigo or respectful language, used to show respect to the subject of the sentence.
popular obsolete kanji JLPT N4 honorific language usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to do
popular search-only kanji form JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) intransitive verb honorific language
- to hide, to conceal oneself, to take cover
- to disappear (behind), to be hidden (by), to be covered, to go out of sight
- to live in seclusion, to retire (from the world)
- to be unknown (e.g. of a talent), to be undiscovered, to be hidden (e.g. of a meaning)
- to pass away (of a person of high position)
popular JLPT N5 honorific language noun noun (generic)
- wife, your wife, his wife, married lady, madam
popular JLPT N5 usually written using kana alone honorific language pronoun
- who
popular JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone honorific language ใ adjective adjective (generic)
- good, OK, all right, fine, very well, will do, may, can
popular rarely used kanji form search-only kanji form JLPT N4 usually written using kana alone honorific language godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb
- to say, to speak, to tell
- to be called
popular JLPT N1 honorific language polite language humble language usually written using kana alone prefix suffix
- honorific/polite/humble prefix
- honorific suffix
popular JLPT N4 honorific language noun noun (generic)
- your husband, her husband
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone interjection honorific language noun noun (generic)
- I'm sorry, my apologies, excuse me, pardon me
- may I come in?
- permission, leave, license
- dismissal, discharge
- not wanting, objecting to, being fed up with, wishing to avoid
ไธใใuepopular JLPT N5 noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) honorific language suffix archaic
- above, over, up
- top, summit, upper part, head (e.g. of a staircase)
- surface, on (top of)
- the above (in a piece of writing), earlier part
- superior, better, higher (position, rank, etc.), upper (class)
- elder, older, senior
- with respect to ..., in terms of, as far as ... is concerned, when (e.g. drunk)
- besides ..., in addition to ..., on top of ..., as well as ...
- after ..., upon ..., on ..., with (e.g. full awareness), as a result of ...
- since ..., now that ..., because ...
- honorable, venerable, dear
- emperor, sovereign, shogun, daimyo