Honorifics
敬語

Honorifics play a huge role in the Japanese language. They define underlying power dynamics and help the speaker express deference to the listener without being explicit.

It is the one area of the language where it is as essential to understand the culture as is it to understand the grammar and syntax.

Three groups: honorific, humble, polite
3つのグループ:尊敬語、謙譲語、丁寧語

KEY:

Teineigo is the basic way of being polite in Japanese and is absolutely crucial to master. It is used everywhere, every day in Japan. 
 
丁寧語は、日本語での基本的な礼儀作法であり、絶対にマスターしなければなりません。この言葉は日本では毎日どこでも使われています。
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