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丁寧語
ていねいご
1. [n] {linguistics}
▶ polite language (e.g. masu, desu)
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2217190 美化語【びかご】 1. elegant speech (esp. the use of the prefixes "o-" and "go-"); refined language; polite language



History:
2. A 2015-01-21 07:12:18  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>polite language (e.g., masu, desu)</gloss>
+<gloss>polite language (e.g. masu, desu)</gloss>
1. A* 2015-01-21 00:37:48  Douglas Perkins <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
When we list some but not all examples, we should use "e.g." instead of "i.e.", and there is no need for "etc".

To be precise, "e.g." is the almost the same thing as "i.e." plus "etc".
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>polite language (i.e. masu, desu, etc.)</gloss>
+<gloss>polite language (e.g., masu, desu)</gloss>

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