尊敬語

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尊 敬 語
そん
Grade: 6 		けい
Grade: 6 		ご
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

尊敬 (sonkei, “respect”) +‎ 語 (go, “word”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) そんけーご [sòńkéégó] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [sõ̞ŋke̞ːɡo̞]

Noun

尊(そん)敬(けい)語(ご) • (sonkeigo) 

  1. reverential language; exalted language
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.