謙譲 | [けんじょう, kenjou] (adj-na, n) modesty; humility [Add to Longdo] |
謙譲の美徳 | [けんじょうのびとく, kenjounobitoku] (n) modest virtue [Add to Longdo] |
謙譲語 | [けんじょうご, kenjougo] (n) { ling } humble language (e.g. itadaku) [Add to Longdo] |
謙譲語I;謙譲語1 | [けんじょうごいち, kenjougoichi] (n) (See 謙譲語II) humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of a object, etc.) [Add to Longdo] |
謙譲語II;謙譲語2 | [けんじょうごに, kenjougoni] (n) (See 謙譲語I) humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy [Add to Longdo] |