N12200/3019

honorific languagegodan verbgodan verb (archaic)verb (generic)transitive verbintransitive verbauxiliary verb

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Meanings

  • to call, to summon, to send for, to invite
  • to eat, to drink
  • to put on, to wear
  • to buy, to purchase
  • to take (a bath)
  • to ride, to get in (a vehicle), to take
  • to catch (a cold)
  • to put on (years), to get old
  • to strike one's fancy, to please one
  • to do
  • to commit seppuku
  • indicates respect

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Example sentences

先生せんせい毎朝まいあさ風呂ふろそうだ。

I heard that the teacher takes a bath every morning.

客様きゃくさまなにかお召しめしましたか。

Did anything take your fancy, honored guest?

社長しゃちょうはお風邪かぜ召されめされようで、今日きょう会議かいぎをお休みやすみになった。

The president seems to have caught a cold and was absent from today's meeting.

どうぞ、こちらのおせき召しめしください

Please, take a seat here.

陛下へいかとし召されめされもなお、ご立派りっぱなご様子ようすであらせられた。

Even as His Majesty advanced in years, he still carried himself with great dignity.