敬語
See also: 敬语
Chinese
to respect; to venerate; to salute to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer | speech; language; dialect speech; language; dialect; tell to | ||
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trad. (敬語) | 敬 | 語 | |
simp. (敬语) | 敬 | 语 |
Pronunciation
Noun
敬語
- a term used to show respect
- polite form of address; honorific
- polite form of a pronoun
Synonyms
- 敬詞/敬词 (jìngcí)
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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敬 | 語 |
けい Grade: 6 | ご Grade: 2 |
on’yomi |
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) けーご [kèégó] (Heiban – [0])
- IPA(key): [ke̞ːɡo̞]
- Homophone: 警語
Noun
敬語 • (keigo)
- (linguistics) respectful or honorific language
- 2003 August 12, CLAMP, “Chapitre.1 始まりの世界 [Chapitre.1 The World Where It Began]”, in ツバサ RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE [Tsubasa: RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE], volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 14:
- は はい 大丈夫でした‥‥
- Ha Hai daijōbu deshita‥‥
- Ye-Yes, certainly‥‥
- Keigo yadatte itta
- Hey, I told you not to go courtly on me
- Demo Hime‥‥
- But, Your Highness‥‥
- Sakuratte yondette itta
- I told you to call me Sakura
- Hai a iya u‥un‥‥
- Yes, I mean, ye‥yeah‥‥
- は はい 大丈夫でした‥‥
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Antonyms
- タメ語 (tamego)
- タメ口 (tameguchi)
See also
- 丁寧語 (teineigo)
- Category:Japanese respectful language
- Category:Japanese humble language