Word Meaning 謙譲語

けんじょうご kenjougo

謙譲語 is read as けんじょうご (kenjougo) and means humble language (e.g. itadaku).

Meaning

English

  1. humble language (e.g. itadaku)

Reading

Kana

けんじょうご

Romaji

kenjougo

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 51 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 120230 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

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謙譲語1

けんじょうごいち

humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.)

謙譲語2

けんじょうごに

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

謙遜語

けんそんご

humble language

謙譲の美徳

けんじょうのびとく

modest virtue

謙譲

けんじょう

modesty

敬譲語

けいじょうご

humble and honorific expressions

謙虚

けんきょ

modest

標語

ひょうご

motto

熟語

じゅくご

kanji compound

俗語

ぞくご

colloquialism

同義語

どうぎご

synonym

標準語

ひょうじゅんご

standard Japanese