April 29th Daily Reading ブラックジャックによろしく Manga

[Zizka]

@YanagiPablo

The polite/plain (others call it distal/close), caracterised by the use, or not, of ~ます suffix.
That defines the relationship between the speaker and listener.

And then the use respectful language; which is function of what the discourse is about (subject, object, etc), and comes in two kinds: honorific (raises the status of the subject/object, in relation to the speaker), and humble (lowers the status of the subject/object, in relation to the listener).

So you would approach on them on two fronts then?

A-Relationship
B-Respect

I can’t see a difference between the two, my mind just conflates them.

Anyhow, meanwhile, I’ll:

Claim B.

…and it’s just: お早うございます, Good morning!

EDIT: The first message is now a wiki, edit away.

C

…is also just Saitou repeating Good morning!

Moving on to:

D