{"id":5689,"date":"2025-03-06T19:40:26","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T10:40:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freedom777.site\/?p=5689"},"modified":"2025-03-08T09:55:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T00:55:59","slug":"about-%e3%80%8c%e3%81%8a%e3%80%8d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freedom777.site\/?p=5689","title":{"rendered":"About \u300c\u304a\u300dand\u300c\u3054\u300d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The honorific prefixes <strong>\u300c\u304a\u300d<\/strong> and <strong>\u300c\u3054\u300d<\/strong> are used in Japanese to show politeness or respect. <br>They are often attached to nouns, especially when referring to things related to others (rather than oneself) or when speaking in a formal or refined manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"rtoc-mokuji-wrapper\" class=\"rtoc-mokuji-content frame4 preset4 animation-fade rtoc_open default\" data-id=\"5689\" data-theme=\"AFFINGER Child\">\n\t\t\t<div id=\"rtoc-mokuji-title\" class=\" rtoc_center\">\n\t\t\t<button class=\"rtoc_open_close rtoc_open\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t<span>Contents<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div><ol class=\"rtoc-mokuji decimal_ol level-1\"><li class=\"rtoc-item\"><a href=\"#rtoc-1\"><strong>1. Difference Between \u300c\u304a\u300d and \u300c\u3054\u300d<\/strong><\/a><ul class=\"rtoc-mokuji mokuji_ul level-2\"><li class=\"rtoc-item\"><a href=\"#rtoc-2\"><strong>Examples of \u300c\u304a\u300d (Native Japanese Words)<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li class=\"rtoc-item\"><a href=\"#rtoc-3\"><strong>Examples of \u300c\u3054\u300d (Words of Chinese Origin)<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class=\"rtoc-item\"><a href=\"#rtoc-4\"><strong>2. When to Use Honorific Prefixes<\/strong><\/a><\/li><li class=\"rtoc-item\"><a href=\"#rtoc-5\"><strong>3. Exceptions &amp; Special Cases<\/strong><\/a><\/li><\/ol><\/div><h2 id=\"rtoc-1\"  class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. Difference Between \u300c\u304a\u300d and \u300c\u3054\u300d<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u300c\u304a\u300d<\/strong> is typically used with words of <strong>native Japanese (\u548c\u8a9e, \u308f\u3054)<\/strong> origin.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u300c\u3054\u300d<\/strong> is used with words of <strong>Chinese (\u6f22\u8a9e, \u304b\u3093\u3054)<\/strong> origin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"rtoc-2\"  class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Examples of \u300c\u304a\u300d (Native Japanese Words)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u304a\u6c34\uff08\u304a\u307f\u305a\uff09= water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u304a\u91d1\uff08\u304a\u304b\u306d\uff09= money<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u304a\u8336\uff08\u304a\u3061\u3083\uff09= tea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u304a\u540d\u524d\uff08\u304a\u306a\u307e\u3048\uff09= name<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"rtoc-3\"  class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Examples of \u300c\u3054\u300d (Words of Chinese Origin)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u3054\u5bb6\u65cf\uff08\u3054\u304b\u305e\u304f\uff09= family<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u3054\u610f\u898b\uff08\u3054\u3044\u3051\u3093\uff09= opinion<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u3054\u89aa\u5207\uff08\u3054\u3057\u3093\u305b\u3064\uff09= kindness<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u3054\u7d50\u5a5a\uff08\u3054\u3051\u3063\u3053\u3093\uff09= marriage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"rtoc-4\"  class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. When to Use Honorific Prefixes<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>When speaking politely or formally (e.g., customer service, business, etc.).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When referring to things related to someone else (e.g., \u3054<ruby>\u5bb6\u65cf<rp> (<\/rp><rt>\u304b\u305e\u304f<\/rt><rp>) <\/rp><\/ruby> refers to &#8220;your family&#8221; rather than &#8220;my family&#8221;).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some words always take the honorific prefix, even in casual speech (e.g., \u304a<ruby>\u9152<rp> (<\/rp><rt>\u3055\u3051<\/rt><rp>) <\/rp><\/ruby>, \u304a<ruby>\u8336<rp> (<\/rp><rt>\u3061\u3083<\/rt><rp>) <\/rp><\/ruby>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"rtoc-5\"  class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. Exceptions &amp; Special Cases<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Some words break the usual pattern (e.g., \u304a<ruby>\u96fb\u8a71<rp> (<\/rp><rt>\u3067\u3093\u308f<\/rt><rp>) <\/rp><\/ruby> [denwa] is of Chinese origin but takes \u300c\u304a\u300d instead of \u300c\u3054\u300d).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some words can take either \u300c\u304a\u300d or \u300c\u3054\u300d depending on nuance (e.g., \u304a<ruby>\u6599\u7406<rp> (<\/rp><rt>\u308a\u3087\u3046\u308a<\/rt><rp>) <\/rp><\/ruby>[native] vs. \u3054<ruby>\u6599\u7406<rp> (<\/rp><rt>\u308a\u3087\u3046\u308a<\/rt><rp>) <\/rp><\/ruby> [Chinese], though \u304a\u6599\u7406 is more common).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some words never take an honorific prefix (e.g., <ruby>\u5916\u56fd\u8a9e<rp> (<\/rp><rt>\u304c\u3044\u3053\u304f\u3054<\/rt><rp>) <\/rp><\/ruby> [foreign language]).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The honorific prefixes \u300c\u304a\u300d and \u300c\u3054\u300d are used in Japanese to show politeness or respect. 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