Politeness Levels in Japanese http://www.jref.com/......nese.shtml
Unlike most western languages, Japanese has an extensive grammatical system to express politeness and formality.
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Keigo the Honorifics Language http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2049.html
About Keigo, the honorific, Japanese language.
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Honorific Japanese http://www.thejapane......rkeigo.htm
There are actually several types of Honorific Japanese. Today, we will take a look at words used to exalt the person being spoken to, and words used to to humble yourself.
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Fumiko's Keigo http://www2.tokuyama......umiko.html
Keigo reflects the speaker's consideration, and keigo changes depending on the situation in which the speaker use the language. It is important to be....
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Honorifics http://en.wikibooks.......Honorifics
In American and other Western societies, hierarchy is based on supposed skill level and theoretically, everyone has equal opportunity. In Japanese society, by contrast....
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About.com Honorifics http://japanese.abou......052297.htm
Honorific Language: A key characteristic of the Japanese Language is keigo (honorific language), from your Japanese Guide
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Language of Politeness http://search.japant......0725dr.htm
Keigo is often thought of as a separate kind of Japanese (often called "polite speech," "honorifics," or the like) that is used to show respect to whoever is being addressed.
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Honorific Concepts http://sa_yoshi.at.i......ncept.html
What is honorificness?：The concept exists in English as well as Japanese.
Politeness ("Addresee honorifics" in IWJ) Honorifcs ("Rererent honorifics" in IWJ) Softness honorifics
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Honorific & Humble http://sa_yoshi.at.i......b_Adj.html
The action expressed by an object-honorific verb must directly affect someone (object, destination, etc.).
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Honorific Nominals http://sa_yoshi.at.i......minal.html
Forms and explanations of honorific nominals.
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Wikipedia Honorifics http://en.wikipedia.......honorifics
Honorific speech is speech which shows respect. Japanese has many honorifics, and their use is mandatory in many social situations. Honorifics in Japanese may be used to emphasise
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JLPT Keigo http://www.jlpt-kanji.com/keigo.php
Japanese language study tool based on JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test) kanji and vocabulary lists. Full Jouyou kanji covered.
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Jekai Keigo http://www.jekai.org......00no31.htm
Keigo, often called honorific speech, is important in Japanese to indicate social status and respect. The grammar and words used in keigo differ from those in normal speech.
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Polite Forms http://japan-studies......polite.php
In the Japanese language politeness levels play an important role in defining status, position, "direction", and intimacy.
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Keigo Quiz http://www.spurrymos......keigo.html
Randomly displays quiz questions then grades you when youo click finish. Take the test several times and each time you'll get new questions.
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Cornell Univ Japanese Lessons http://lrc.cornell.edu/japanese/
Cornell University, Department of Asian Studies, Japanese Program, Kawasaki Japanese Learning Materials
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Sakura Exercises http://www.arts.mona....../home.html
This site is intended for use by beginning level students of Japanese at Berwick Campus of Monash University in Australia. However, it is also available for general use.
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Japanese is Possible http://maktos.jimmyseal.net/jip.html
Your home for Japanese language, culture, video games, and anime.
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Quick & Dirty Japanese http://www.csse.mona......adgtj.html
The Quick and Dirty Guide to Japanese is a canonical classic of the Internet community. Posted years ago on the sci.lang.japan newsgroup, this guide appears in a multitude of pages written by folks such as myself, devoted to the learning of the Japanese language.
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te aru / te oku http://homepage3.nif......on-e33.htm
The difference in the troublesome pair of tearu and teoku explained.
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