Word Meaning 丁寧語

ていねいご teineigo

丁寧語 is read as ていねいご (teineigo) and means polite language (e.g. masu, desu).

Meaning

English

polite language (e.g. masu, desu)

Reading

Kana

ていねいご

Romaji

teineigo

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 128615 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

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丁重語

ていちょうご

courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party)

丁寧

ていねい

polite

丁寧体

ていねいたい

polite style

丁寧懇切

ていねいこんせつ

kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.)

懇切丁寧

こんせつていねい

kind, careful, and thorough (of an explanation, advice, etc.)

ご丁寧

ごていねい

overly courteous

ばか丁寧

ばかていねい

overly polite

丁目

ちょうめ

district of a town

丁重

ていちょう

polite

丁度

ちょうど

just (like)

丁

ちょう

counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars

丁度今

ちょうどいま

right now