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The Japanese language makes use of a system of honorific speech, called keishō (敬称), which includes honorific suffixes and prefixes when talking to, or referring to others in a conversation. Suffixes are often gender-specific at the end of names, while prefixes are attached to the beginning of many nouns.
Ya and ja are used only informally, analogically to the standard da, while the standard desu is by and large used for the polite (teineigo) copula. For polite speech, -masu, desu and gozaimasu are used in Kansai as well as in Tokyo, but traditional Kansai dialect has its own polite forms. Desu is replaced by dasu in Osaka and dosu in Kyoto.
Kikasete-itadakeru to ureshii no desu ga. I would, however, be delighted if I may be permitted to ask (a question). When asking for cooperation: the first is usual and polite, the latter is very formal, but often found in writing, especially in posters or flyers. ご 協 （ きょう ） 力 （ りょく ） 下 （ くだ ） さい。 Go ...
Aizuchi can also take the form of so-called echo questions, which consist of a noun plus desu ka (ですか). After Speaker A asks a question, Speaker B may repeat a key noun followed by desu ka to confirm what Speaker A was talking about or simply to keep communication open while Speaker B thinks of an answer. A rough English analog would be ...
Desu or DESU may refer to: Desu (Japanese: です), the polite form of the Japanese copula often translated as "to be" Suiseiseki, a character from the anime and manga series Rozen Maiden whose overusage and unusual pronunciation of the copula became an early Internet meme; Adalbert Deșu (Béla Dezső, 1909–1937), a Romanian football striker
Shoyuu (所有) is a Japanese noun of Sino-Japanese origin. It translates as ‘the state of possession’ or ‘ownership’. In Japanese, nouns, mainly those of Chinese origin, may attach themselves to the verb suru (する), ‘to do’, to form a compound verb. The verb ‘to come to possess/own’, shoyuusuru, is formed in this manner.
Japanese does not have equivalents of prepositions like "on" or "about", and often uses particles along with verbs and nouns to modify another word where English might use prepositions. For example, ue is a noun meaning "top/up"; and ni tsuite is a fixed verbal expression meaning "concerning":
My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1 (Japanese: レベル1だけどユニークスキルで最強です, Hepburn: Reberu Ichi dakedo Yunīku Sukiru de Saikyō Desu) is a Japanese light novel series written by Nazuna Miki and illustrated by Subachi.