Humble-polite form in Japanese

Definition

Definition in EnglishA grammatical expression that presents the speaker's side's action or state modestly and courteously to the listener without requiring an honored recipient of that action.

Definition in Japanese自分や身内の行動や状態を控えめに述べて、聞き手に丁寧に伝える言い方で、謙譲語Ⅱとも呼ぶ。

Example sentences

• 先(さき)に駅(えき)へ参(まい)ります。🔊

  I will go to the station first.

• 部長(ぶちょう)はただいま外出(がいしゅつ)しております。🔊

  Our manager is out of the office at the moment.

• 今日(きょう)の午後(ごご)、準備(じゅんび)をいたします。🔊

  I will do the preparations this afternoon.

Learn it in a lesson

• Respectful and Humble Verbs in Japanese

humble-polite form in other languages

• What humble-polite form means
• In Portuguese
• In French