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開あく・開あける／上あがる・上あげるIntransitive and transitive verbsN4

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お・ご・お・ご～になる・お・ご～する・いらっしゃる・参まいる・ていただく・お・ご～ください・でございますSystem guide

How the Japanese honorific system fits togetherMake two decisions separately. First, choose how politely you will speak to the listener. Second, ask whose action, state, or identity the sentence presents. Respectful language raises the person being described; humble language keeps the speaker’s side low in relation to someone else. Very polite wording such as でございます can raise the formality of a sentence without doing either. Keeping those two decisions separate is the key to the whole system.17 points · N5–N4–N3–N2

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