Meanings
Prefix
Honorific
1. your
2. indicates high rank or status
Suffix
3. indicates love and respect (usu. for an older person)
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (51 in total)
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
① 身分や地位が高いこと。② 値段が高く貴重なこと。
your letter
① 家柄や身分などが貴く、特権を持つ者や一族。
① 身分の高い婦人。② 洗練された女性。
your company; your shrine
uncle (older than one's parent)
elder sister; older female friend
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
you; noblewoman; lady
① 貴重な金属。金や白金など、イオン化傾向が小さく腐食しにくいものをいう。
you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
① 身分や地位が高い人。貴族。② 古代中国における后妃の位の一つ。③ 陰陽道の神である天一神の別称の一つ。
① 身分や地位が高い人。貴族。② 古代中国における后妃の位の一つ。③ 陰陽道の神である天一神の別称の一つ。
noble birth
young nobleman; scion of a noble family; princely young man; man with an aristocratic air
your home; your residence; you (referring to one's equal; epistolary style)
you
uncle (younger than one's parent)
① 地位や身分が高いことと低いこと。貴いことと賤しいこと。高貴と下賤。
precious stone; jewel; gem
① 相手が属する銀行を指す尊敬語。
distinguished person
noble (person)
high priest; priest
you (esp. unmarried women)
your home
your place; you
① 相手の意見・考えの尊敬語。
your place
① 相手が属する学校を指す尊敬語。
your older sister; you
your university
your magazine; your journal; your paper; your honored paper; your honoured paper; your columns
① 相手の店を指す尊敬語。
rare and valuable; precious
Guizhou Province (China)
your name
your letter
class size of bonsai trees (25-35cm)
letter, etc. from another party; correspondence
noble gas; inert gas; I get the feeling that ...; I think that ...
esteemed university; honorable university
honorific used in company correspondence
era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana
you; high-ranking government official
① 質問者の意見、見解の尊敬語。
your (company's) website
your manuscript