Japanese honorifics

The term "先生", read ' in Japanese, in Chinese, in Korean, and ' in Vietnamese, is an honorific used in the Sinosphere. In Japanese, the term literally means "person born before another" or "one who comes before". It is generally used after a person's name and means "teacher". The word is also used as a title to refer to or address other professionals or people of authority, such as clergy, accountants, lawyers, physicians and politicians, or to show respect to someone who has achieved a certain level of mastery in an art form or some other skill, e.g., accomplished novelists, musicians, artist

explanation, uses of Japanese honorifics

overview of etiquette in Japan

In the Japanese language, aizuchi ( or , ) are interjections during a conversation that indicate the listener is paying attention or understands the speaker (backchanneling). In linguistic terms, these are a form of phatic expression. Aizuchi are considered reassuring to the speaker, indicating that the listener is active and involved in the discussion.

Japanese hierarchical relationship

grammatical and syntactical feature of Japanese

part of speech

thumb|Tokugawa Yoshinobu, the last taikun , spelled tycoon in English language sources from the 1860s, is an archaic Japanese term of respect. Its literal meaning is "Great Lord/Prince" or "Supreme Commander". In official documents, it was written .

honorific title of the emperor of Japan

outline of words and grammatical constructions male vs female