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敬けい語ご

N2
けいご keigo
  1. honorific
  2. term of respect
noun

Chinese meanings

敬语

Examples

  • 日本語にほんごには敬けい語ごがあります。
    The Japanese language has honorific expressions.
    日语中有敬语。
  • 最さい近きん、目め上うえの人ひとに敬けい語ごを使つかわない若わか者ものが多おおい。
    Recently there are a lot of young people who don't use respectful language to their superiors.
    最近很多年轻人对长辈或上级不使用敬语。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('5e47be51f8'); // 敬語
{
  "id": "5e47be51f8",
  "word": "敬語",
  "reading": "けいご",
  "romaji": "keigo",
  "meanings": [
    "honorific",
    "term of respect"
  ],
  "level": "N2",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1250750,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "日本語には敬語があります。",
      "furigana": "{日本語|にほんご}には{敬語|けいご}があります。",
      "en": "The Japanese language has honorific expressions.",
      "tatoeba_id": 122356
    },
    {
      "ja": "最近、目上の人に敬語を使わない若者が多い。",
      "furigana": "{最近|さいきん}、{目上|めうえ}の{人|ひと}に{敬語|けいご}を{使|つか}わない{若者|わかもの}が{多|おお}い。",
      "en": "Recently there are a lot of young people who don't use respectful language to their superiors.",
      "tatoeba_id": 75064
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "a562d864058f6617e74ccf5283f73753ff74ea18de5df9105d0bb8da11413da3",
    "meanings": [
      "敬语"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "日本語には敬語があります。",
        "zh": "日语中有敬语。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "最近、目上の人に敬語を使わない若者が多い。",
        "zh": "最近很多年轻人对长辈或上级不使用敬语。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n2/5e47be51f8",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1250750; local JMdict_e.gz",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "1fc7fd87bd314847814afe8932db97680c2ee8b4ea8ad09cf593aecd47b0a7fe"
  }
}