最さい高こう敬けい語ご

noun

highest honorifics; honorific language for the Imperial family

A linguistics term for the most exalted level of honorific speech, used almost exclusively when referring to or addressing members of the Japanese Imperial family.

• 最さい高こう敬けい語ごは、皇こう室しつの方かた々がたに対たいして使つかわれる特とく別べつな敬けい語ごです。

  Saikō-keigo is a special honorific language used toward members of the Imperial family.

• 「お言こと葉ば」や「御ご前ぜん」のような表ひょう現げんは最さい高こう敬けい語ごの例れいです。

  Expressions like 'okotoba' and 'gozen' are examples of highest honorifics.