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尊台 (そんだい, sondai) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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Kanji 尊 revered, valuable, precious 台 pedestal, a stand, counter for machines and vehicles Related words あなた Standard polite 'you' in modern Japanese; 尊台 is an archaic honorific form not used in contemporary speech.
貴き 殿でん Another archaic/literary respectful 'you', more common than 尊台 but still old-fashioned.
Etymology Composed of 尊 (respected) and 台 (a suffix for exalted persons). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; it appears in classical and literary Japanese as a respectful second-person pronoun.
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In old documents, expressions like 'as for you, honored sir' can be found.
