keigo

15 April 2005 at 10:29 PM i have a similar problem with japanese. there's an entire other way of speaking called keigo - formal language when addressing superiors and elders.

Fish Flippy 2005

Still, Soergel says he was initially stunned by the complexity of "keigo"

News On Japan Japan Times 2010

Still, Soergel says he was initially stunned by the complexity of "keigo"

News On Japan Japan Times 2010

THEN there are also different levels of keigo, one for people outside of your social group, one for when you are speaking OF someone in your group, and one for speaking TO someone in your group. there are days when i wish i just had to decide between 'tu' and 'vous'! i feel your pain.

Fish Flippy 2005

Also when people bring up the difficulties of keigo, or the many nuances and layers of meaning in Japanese words I think it would do well to keep in mind that not every Japanese has a mastery of all these subtleties either.

languagehat.com: THE DIFFICULTY OF JAPANESE. 2005

Aidou sharply tells Yuki (- sama) to shut-up, with a little help from Rima for his keigo review.

Anime Nano! 2008

Lots of good stuff about his life in Japan; I liked and can identify with trying and failing to speak keigo! an englishman in osaka: Hey, that’s cool; if you search Google for an englishman in osaka, you - well, just try it and see.

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hello i am looking for some japanese people to say if they use 'honorific lang' (keigo) every day and if they think it is still as important as it used to be. i would like to know the main circumstances it is used day to day and how bad it is to avoid using the proper terms of address etc ...

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