JLPT Keigo and Honorific Expressions 2

Question 1

What does いただく (itadaku) mean when used as a keigo verb?

Accepted Answer

To humbly receive from someone of higher status

Answer

いただく is the humble (kenjōgo) form of もらう (to receive), used when the speaker humbly accepts something from a superior.

Question 2

Which is the correct respectful expression meaning 'you know' or 'are aware of'?

Accepted Answer

ご存知です (go-zonji desu)

Answer

ご存知です (go-zonji desu) is the sonkeigo expression for knowing or being aware, used to respectfully say that someone else knows something.

Question 3

存じます (zonjimasu) is the humble form of which verb?

Accepted Answer

思う (to think) / 知る (to know)

Answer

存じます is the kenjōgo form used in place of both 思う (to think) and 知る (to know) when the speaker humbly expresses their own thoughts or knowledge.

Question 4

When a customer or superior 'comes' to your office, which verb should you use to describe their action?

Accepted Answer

いらっしゃいます (irasshaimasu)

Answer

いらっしゃいます is the respectful (sonkeigo) form for the superior's action of coming, while まいります would be used only for the speaker's own humble action.

Question 5

拝見する (haiken suru) is the humble form of which verb?

Accepted Answer

見る (to see/look at)

Answer

拝見する is the kenjōgo form of 見る, used when the speaker humbly looks at or reads something belonging to or sent by a superior.

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