Category: Grammar
Keigo Requests
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
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
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,...
Keigo Verbs
Keigo Verbs This page explains how to make polite, humble, and respectful forms of verbs for Keigo. Polite Verbs ます Form This is the ます form we learned in N5 ケーキを食べますEat a cake. 酒を飲みます...
ていく and てくる
ていく and てくる Verb comes, Verb goesVerb て form + くる – Verb comesVerb て form + いく – Verb goes いく and くる are verbs that represent “movement“, but in different directions. いく...
Giving and Receiving
Giving and Receiving あげる Give to X (person socially higher)Ｘにあげる あげる means to give (to someone higher (socially)). This pattern is pretty straightforward. に is used to identify to who/what you gave something. を...