This week's topic is: Japanese Honorifics
-and other ways of referring to people
Word definitions
ubiquitous (adv.): very common, found everywhere
suffix (n.): something added at the end of a word (e.g. -able, -full, -worthy)
prefix (n.): something added at the beginning of a word (e.g. un-, anti-, over-)
archaic (adj.) too old-fashioned, of an earlier period in history
thus (adv.): as a result, because of this
Sino - (adj.): Chinese, relating to China
respectively (adj.): in that order (e.g. Shochukyu and Chukyu have 7 and 5 classes respectively)
regardless of (adv.): no matter, without considering
takeaway (n.): the main point, the key fact expressed