尊そん大だい語ご

noun

arrogant language; haughty speech

A linguistic term for speech that conveys the speaker's higher social status relative to the listener, often through honorific or self-elevating expressions. Used in discussions of Japanese keigo and sociolinguistics.

• 尊そん大だい語ごは、話はなし手てが聞きき手てより上うえの立たち場ばであることを示しめす表ひょう現げんです。

  Arrogant language is an expression that shows the speaker is in a higher position than the listener.

• 日本にほん語ごの敬けい語ごには、尊そん大だい語ごのような自じ己こを高たかめる言いい方かたも含ふくまれます。

  Japanese keigo also includes self-elevating expressions like arrogant language.