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three main categories:
polite language (****anese: 丁（てい）寧（ねい）語（ご）, Hepburn:
teineigo),
respectful language (****anese: 尊（そん）敬（けい）語（ご）, Hepburn: sonkeigo), and...
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shows respect to a
superior by
lowering or
deprecating him or herself.
Teineigo (丁寧語, "polite language"):
Differs from the
other two in that the deference...
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expected to
begin speaking in a more
adult manner. See uchi-soto.
Whereas teineigo (丁寧語) (polite language) is
commonly an
inflectional system,
sonkeigo (尊敬語)...
- (except in
quoted speech), and
almost no
differences in
polite speech (
teineigo). The word
onnarashii (女らしい),
which is
usually translated as "ladylike"...
- connotations. In ****an,
there are
three rough divisions of honorifics:
Teineigo (丁寧語), the most po****r
keigo that is used in
daily life, used as a formal...
- The
Awaji dialect (淡路方言,
Awaji hōgen), also
called Awaji ben (淡路弁), is a
dialect of ****anese
spoken on
Awaji Island (which
comprises the
cities of Sumoto...
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standard da,
while the
standard desu is by and
large used for the
polite (
teineigo) co****. For
polite speech, -masu, desu and
gozaimasu are used in Kansai...
- sonkeigo,
respectful language;
kensongo or kenjōgo,
humble language; and
teineigo,
polite language.
Sonkeigo raises the
status of the
addressee or referent...
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honorific forms (sonkeigo) and
humble forms (kenjōgo). Use
polite forms (
teineigo) instead. Do not
prefix words with "o" (to the
extent possible). Use native...
