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Japanese honorific prefixes お and ご (‘O’ and ‘Go’)

In Japanese, the prefixes お  and ご are used to add a feeling of politeness or respect to a word. The usage of these two prefix is defined as follows: お : used for words with the 訓読み(”kunyomi”), or Japanese reading. It is sometimes written in Kanij as 御. ご : used for words with… Read More »