N2901/1725

敬けい語ご

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けいご

Meanings

honorific, term of respect, polite expression, honorific language

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日本語にほんごの敬語けいごは複雑ふくざつで、外国人がいこくじんには難むずかしいと言いわれています。

Honorific language in Japanese is said to be complex and difficult for foreigners.

ビジネスの場ばでは、正ただしい敬語けいごを使つかうことが求もとめられます。

In business settings, you are expected to use correct honorific language.

彼女かのじょは敬語けいごをうまく使つかえないので、上司じょうしに注意ちゅういされた。

She was warned by her supervisor because she cannot use honorific language well.

敬語けいごには尊敬語そんけいご、謙譲語けんじょうご、丁寧語ていねいごの三種類さんしゅるいがあります。

Honorific language has three types: respectful language, humble language, and polite language.

入社にゅうしゃしたばかりの頃ころ、敬語けいごの使つかい方かたがわからず、先輩せんぱいに何度なんども教おしえてもらった。

Right after joining the company, I didn't know how to use honorific language and had my senior colleagues teach me many times.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)