Title says it all. This aspect of Japanese has intrigued me for a long time but I can’t seem to find any resources for learning it. It’s one of the things stopping me from using Japanese at work to talk to our Japanese customers. I’m always terrified of not being polite enough. So yeah, if anyone…

When you see a Japanese customer, say おいっ、お前！一体何がほしい！ They’ll appreciate your no-nonsense, straight-forward attitude jk please don’t say that

If you work in Japan they should have a バイト警護 guide. If not, then I highly recommend you watch/read 日本人の知らない日本語. You will learn some really interesting stuff from that.

Thanks for that, I’ll buy it for sure when I’m in Japan.

This will be helpful at the IT Hotline if I get another Japanese Customer calls and want to have a fast call. Thanks for the tip!

If you can read Japanese, try reading a Japanese resource about how to use Keigo. It’s useful to see it from a native perspective and I found it helpful myself. 「どうやって」の敬語表現・の使い方と例文・別の敬語表現例 - 敬語に関する情報ならtap-biz 皆さんこんにちは、今回は「どうやって」の敬語表現・の使い方と例文・別の敬語表現例と題して、「どうやって」の正確な敬語表現とその用法、またさまざまな分野で…

I put some suggestions on the following thread, some other good suggestions in there. [image] Recommendations for a beginner learning keigo? Reading Japanese people struggle with this as well. Go into any Japanese bookstore and you will find shelves and shelves of 敬語 book…

Because even Japanese people get keigo wrong, there should be dozens of resources in both English and Japanese out there to use. Admittedly, I’ve found many of the English resources lacking because they simply state the forms but don’t go into the details of which accompanying vocabulary gives the b…

My quick tips are to: remember that there is a difference between humble keigo (used when talking about one’s own actions or state) and honorific keigo (talking about another person), and try to learn matching sets of the same base verb; keigo is not as uniquely Japanese as some sources like to make…

Yeah, I get the impression that a lot of non-natives aren’t aware that verbs aren’t the only part of keigo. There are many, many special expressions and nouns that you have to use in order to use “proper” keigo, and thus your keigo will just sound half-assed or odd if you toss in the normal nouns an…

[image] Time: If not, then I highly recommend you watch/read 日本人の知らない日本語. Ah, I was thinking of nominating that for one of the book clubs. :slightly_smiling_face: (Unless I already did? I can’t remember…)

How to learn keigo?

Japanese Language

elynchbell June 28, 2019, 9:51pm 7

I put some suggestions on the following thread, some other good suggestions in there.

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How to learn keigo?

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