Free Japanese keigo cheat sheet

What's inside

• Three levelsです and ます, honorific words that raise the other person and humble words that lower yourself, one question asked four ways, who uses which, and where you hear keigo in anime.
• Special keigo verbsA table of the verbs that change completely: いらっしゃる, おっしゃる, 召し上がる, ご覧になる, なさる, ご存じ, くださる, おる, 参る, 伺う, 申す, いただく, 拝見する, いたす and ございます.
• Building keigoお〜になる, お〜する and ご〜する, お〜ください, ていただけますか and させていただく, plus お and ご before nouns and the mistakes to skip.
• Everyday phrasesいらっしゃいませ, 少々お待ちください, かしこまりました, 承知しました, 恐れ入ります, 失礼します, お世話になっております, よろしくお願いいたします and more, with who says them and when.
• PracticeTen lines from shops and anime with the keigo highlighted and the plain version beside it, then six verbs to turn into keigo yourself. Cover the answers and check.

How to use it

1. Get comfortable with ます first. The verb forms guide and the N5 grammar sheet cover it.
2. Read page one, then learn to recognise the special verbs rather than memorising them all.
3. Cover the right side of the practice page and say each line the plain way.
4. Watch a show with Kitsumi and listen for keigo in shop scenes and from butlers and maids.

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