絶ぜっ対たい敬けい語ご

noun

absolute honorifics; absolute respectful speech

Linguistic term for honorific expressions whose use is determined by the speaker's relationship to the referent, not by the addressee. Contrasts with 相対敬語 (relative honorifics).

• 日本にほん語ごの敬けい語ごには絶ぜっ対たい敬けい語ごと相そう対たい敬けい語ごの区く別べつがある。

  Japanese honorifics include a distinction between absolute and relative honorifics.

• 絶ぜっ対たい敬けい語ごは、話はなし手てと話わ題だいの人じん物ぶつとの関かん係けいだけで決きまる敬けい語ごだ。

  Absolute honorifics are honorific expressions determined solely by the relationship between the speaker and the person being talked about.