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)
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
your company; your shrine
elder sister; older female friend
noble (person)
uncle (older than one's parent)
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
lady; noblewoman
noble; aristocrat; peer
you; noblewoman; lady
high class; noble
you (primarily used by males when addressing their male equals or inferiors)
aristocrat; nobleman; dignitary; person of high rank
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)
precious metal
you
uncle (younger than one's parent)
high and low (social standing)
precious stone; jewel; gem
(your) bank
distinguished person
high priest; priest
you (esp. unmarried women)
your home
your letter
your place; you
your will; your wishes; your request
your place
(your) school
your older sister; you
your university
your magazine; your journal; your paper; your honored paper; your honoured paper; your columns
your store; your shop
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
your (esteemed) opinion
your (company's) website
your manuscript