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Honorific expressions (Lesson 38)
You use honorific expression when you are talking with, or referring to, your seniors, superiors, teachers, customers, or people you don't know well or at all. Even with the people you usually talk in a casual way, you use honorific speech, when you talk to them on formal occasions such as business meetings. The important point is where you speak.Verbs can have two categories of honorific forms. One is the "respectful form." If you use it for the verbs that express the deeds or the situations of the person you are talking with or referring to, you can show respect to this person. For example, the "respectful form" of MIMASU (to watch) is GORAN NI NARIMASU.

