です体たい

noun

desu/masu style; polite speech style

Refers to the polite speech register in Japanese where sentences end with です or ます. Used in formal settings, with strangers, and in many textbooks.

• 日本にほん語ごの教きょう科か書しょでは、まずです体たいから教おしえることが多おおい。

  Japanese textbooks often teach the desu/masu style first.

• です体たいと普ふ通つう体たいの使つかい分わけは、日本にほん語ご学がく習しゅう者しゃにとって難むずかしい。

  Distinguishing between the polite style and the plain style is difficult for Japanese learners.