美化語
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | ||
|---|---|---|
| 美 | 化 | 語 |
| び Grade: 3 |
か Grade: 3 |
ご Grade: 2 |
| kan'on | goon | |
Pronunciation
Noun
美化語 • (bikago) ←びくゎご (bikwago)?
- beautified language, word beautification, a form of honorific or formal language often marked by use of certain honorific prefixes; a eulogistic or laudatory name, title, or word
- [2004, Patricia Wentzel, Keigo ronkō [Theories of honorific language], by Tsujimura Toshiki, 1992, quoted in Keigo in Modern Japan, University of Hawaii Press, page 157 fn. 3:
- 美化語（＝美称）。表現素材を美化する言い方。普通、丁寧語といわれるもの。
- Bikago (- bishō). Hyōgen sozai o bika suru īkata. Futsū, teineigo to iwareru mono.
- Beautified language (bikago) (= bishō ‘beautified titles’). Language that beautifies the material within the expression. Usually called teineigo.]
- 美化語（＝美称）。表現素材を美化する言い方。普通、丁寧語といわれるもの。
- 2011, Kanai Isao, Nanige ni tegowai Nihongo [Truly formidable Japanese language], page 31:
- 前述のとおり、敬語には尊敬語、謙譲語、丁重語、丁寧語、美化語の5つがありますが、冒頭の会話内で出てくる「お勉強」「お部屋」「お掃除」などはこのうちの美化語に分類されます。
- Zenjutsu no tōri, keigo ni wa sonkeigo, kenjōgo, teichōgo, teineigo, bikago no itsutsu ga arimasu ga, bōtō no kaiwa-nai de dete-kuru “obenkyō” “oheya” “osōji” nado wa kono uchi no bikago ni bunrui saremasu.
- As mentioned above, keigo includes five types of honorific language: respectful sonkeigo, humble kenjōgo, courteous teichōgo, formal teineigo, and beautified bikago; words such as o-benkyō (study), o-heya (room) and o-sōji (cleaning) in the conversation at the beginning of this section are examples of beautified words.
- 前述のとおり、敬語には尊敬語、謙譲語、丁重語、丁寧語、美化語の5つがありますが、冒頭の会話内で出てくる「お勉強」「お部屋」「お掃除」などはこのうちの美化語に分類されます。
See also
- 御 (o-, honorific prefix)
Honorific speech in Japanese on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- 新和英大辞典第 [Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary] (in Japanese), 5th edition, 2004