12 docs tagged with "honorifics"

Asymmetric keigo explains why you humble your own boss to outsiders. Learn the uchi-soto rule, kenjōgo II verbs, and the business phone patterns to use.

Bikago is the お and ご prefix that beautifies Japanese words. Learn the wago vs kango rule, its exceptions, and how it differs from honorific keigo.

Common keigo mistakes explained: why double keigo like お話しになられる is wrong, which forms the 敬語の指針 still allows, plus baito keigo and self-honoring slips.

How to choose the right keigo level using three questions about group, rank, and setting, plus the uchi-soto rule and the customer-service register.

Learn how to write a Japanese business email: the keigo behind お世話になっております and よろしくお願いいたします, the standard structure, stock phrases, and pitfalls.

Irregular kenjōgo verbs are the closed set of special humble verbs in Japanese. A master reference table plus the 謙譲語I vs II split and conjugation notes.

Irregular sonkeigo verbs are the closed set of special respectful verbs in Japanese. A master reference table plus the いらっしゃいます conjugation quirk.

How to conjugate keigo verbs: the sonkeigo, kenjōgo, and teineigo branches, the two productive お formations, the irregular sets, and tense at N3.

お〜になる is the productive sonkeigo form for respectful verbs. Learn how to build お + verb stem + になる, when to use it, and the verbs it excludes.

The o + verb stem + suru humble form lets you lower your own actions in Japanese. Learn the お＋連用形＋する rule, the ご＋noun variant, and when to use it.

Sonkeigo via the passive form ～られる lifts れる・られる into respect. Learn the form, where it ranks among honorifics, and how to tell its four meanings apart.

Teineigo is Japanese polite language. Learn です, ます, and elevated ございます / でございます, how they form, and which politeness level to use.