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is slow, late



                                       osoi                 osoi                 osō

                                                            desu                 gozaimasu




                 is thin


                                       usui                 usui                 usū

                                                            desu                 gozaimasu




                 is good

                                       ii, yoi
                                                            ii desu              yō

                                                                                 gozaimasu






                     Note that this form is old-fashioned, and is used only in
                quite formal contexts or by elderly people.


                9.14. Summary of honorific


                predicates
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