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敬語

敬語

See also: 敬语

Chinese

		to respect; to venerate; to salute to respect; to venerate; to salute; to offer	dialect; language; speech dialect; language; speech; tell to
trad. (敬語)		敬	語
simp. (敬语)		敬	语

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
敬	語
けい Grade: 6	ご Grade: 2

Noun

敬語 ‎(hiragana けいご, romaji keigo)

(linguistics) respectful or honorific language

Antonyms

タメ語 (ご) ‎(tamego), タメ口 (ぐち) ‎(tameguchi)

See also

丁寧語 (ていねいご) ‎(teineigo)
Category:Japanese respectful language
Category:Japanese humble language