Category: N4 Keigo

Keigo Requests おねがいします Please お願いします means please. This is a true please like we think of it in English.You probably know this from よろしくお願いします. Technically お願いします means “Humbly request” and is already Humble. (願う...

Keigo Nouns More Polite Versions of ですです→でございますですか→でしょうか です As previously covered, to make a noun polite you simply add です instead of だ。 猫です – It is a cat. ペンです – It is a...

Introduction to Keigo 敬語（けいご) is the word for polite speech in Japanese. It is the bane of many Japanese learners (and Japanese people). It’s a fairly hard topic, but fortunately, especially as a foreigner,...