่ฌ่ญฒ่ช (Kenjougo)
Kenjougo
Humble Language
๐ธ Expressing Respect by Lowering Oneself ๐ธ
๐ฌ Dialogue
Buchou, ashita no kaigi no shiryou wa watashi ga sakusei itashimashita.
Manager, I have prepared the materials for tomorrow's meeting.
Arigatou gozaimasu. Ato de haiken shimasu ne.
Thank you. I will take a look later.
Hai. San-ji ni sochira e ukagaimasu.
Understood. I will visit you there at 3 o'clock.
Wakarimashita. Ousetsushitsu de omachi shite imasu.
I see. I will be waiting in the reception room.
Onimotsu o omochi shimashou ka.
Shall I carry your luggage for you?
Tasukarimasu. Yoroshiku onegai itashimasu.
That would be helpful. Thank you very much.
๐ Vocabulary
5 wordsโญ Key Sentence
o / go + Verb Stem + shimasu / itashimasu
I (humbly) do...
- Pattern: ใ/ใ ใ ใใพใ/ใใใใพใ
- Meaning: Humble expression used to lower one's own actions to show respect to the recipient.
Onimotsu o omochi shimasu.
I will carry your bags.
Meeru de gorenraku itashimasu.
I will contact you via email.
๐ Explanation
Kenjougo (่ฌ่ญฒ่ช) is a form of Keigo used to show respect by lowering the status of the speaker's own actions.
The standard pattern is ใ + Stem + ใใพใ for Japanese verbs, and ใ + Noun + ใใใใพใ for Sino-Japanese (Suru) verbs.
There are also special humble verbs like ไผบใ (ukagau) for 'to visit' and ๆ่ฆใใ (haiken suru) for 'to see'.
Watashi ga annai itashimasu.
= 'I will guide you (humbly).'
๐ Quiz
Which of the following is the humble way to say 'I will see/look at it'?