敬けい体たい

noun

distal style; polite form

Linguistic term for the sentence-ending style using です・ます, as opposed to the plain form (常体). Used in discussions of Japanese grammar and register.

• 日本にほん語ごの敬けい体たいは、です・ますで終おわる文ぶん体たいです。

  The distal style in Japanese is a writing style that ends with です or ます.

• 論ろん文ぶんでは敬けい体たいと常じょう体たいの使つかい分わけが重じゅう要ようだ。

  In academic papers, it is important to distinguish between the distal style and the plain style.