List: polite (teineigo) language
Words used in teineigo or polite language, used to refer to one's own actions or those of other people.
popular JLPT N3 Ichidan verb verb (generic) transitive verb polite language
- to want, to wish for
- to request, to demand, to require, to ask for
- to seek, to search for, to look for, to pursue (pleasure), to hunt (a job), to find (a solution)
- to purchase, to buy
popular rarely used kanji form familiar language pronoun noun noun (generic) polite language obsolete term
- you, buddy, pal
- monarch, ruler, sovereign, (one's) master
- he, she
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 polite language noun noun (generic) colloquial jocular, humorous term
- change (for a purchase)
- toilet splashback
popular JLPT N2 usually written using kana alone expression polite language
- may I come in?
- please forgive me, I'm sorry
popular JLPT N4 polite language noun noun (generic)
- thanks, gratitude
- manners, etiquette
- bow
- reward, gift
- ceremony, ritual
popular search-only kana form JLPT N3 usually written using kana alone polite language expression interjection
- excuse me, pardon me, I'm sorry, I beg your pardon
- thank you, you shouldn't have, it's too much
popular rarely used kanji form JLPT N1 honorific language suffix polite language noun noun (generic)
- Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms
- makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)
- state, situation, appearance, manner
popular JLPT N3 humble language usually written using kana alone godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) transitive verb polite language auxiliary verb
- to receive, to get, to accept, to take, to buy
- to eat, to drink
- to be crowned with, to wear (on one's head), to have (on top)
- to have (as one's leader), to live under (a ruler), to install (a president)
- to get someone to do something
popular irregular kanji usage search-only kanji form honorific language polite language noun noun (generic) usually written using kana alone
- mikoshi, portable Shinto shrine carried through the streets during festivals
- lower back, waist, hips