"敬称" meaning in Japanese

See 敬称 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ke̞ːɕo̞ː] Forms: 敬称 [canonical] (ruby: (けい), (しょう)), keishō [romanization]
Etymology: From Sinitic 敬稱 /敬称 (jìngchēng). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|zhx}} Sinitic Head templates: {{ja-noun|けいしょう}} 敬(けい)称(しょう) • (keishō)
  1. respectful address
    Sense id: en-敬称-ja-noun-NDQFzhLP Categories (other): Language, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 0 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 61 39 Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 74 26 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 77 23 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 77 23
  2. title of honor
    Sense id: en-敬称-ja-noun-9N1HRKHl Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 29 71
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Download raw JSONL data for 敬称 meaning in Japanese (1.3kB)

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