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A3 Noun

謙譲語(けんじょうご)humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.)

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      humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.)

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    謙譲語I 【けんじょうごいち】謙譲語1 【けんじょうごいち】

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      謙譲語(けんじょうご)Ⅰは敬語(けいご)の一つです。

      Humble language I is one type of honorific language.

        謙譲(けんじょう(かた)には謙譲(けんじょう(かた)Ⅰと謙譲(けんじょう(かた)Ⅱがある。

        In humble language, there are 謙譲語Ⅰ and 謙譲語Ⅱ.

          ()かう(さき)人物(じんぶつ)(たか)めた()(かた)謙譲語(けんじょうご)Ⅰです。

          The way of speaking that elevates the person you are facing is called humble language I.

            (うかが)」や「お()()ける」といった語は謙譲語(けんじょうご)Ⅰに使われる。

            Words like "to visit" and "to show" are used in humble language I, where the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.).

              手紙(てがみ)のように接辞(せつじ)付加(ふか)するのも謙譲(けんじょう)(かた)Ⅰによく()られることだ。

              It is also common to add affixes to words like "letter" in humble language I.

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