謙譲語 けんじょうご Meanings Noun humble language (e.g. itadaku) Kanji 謙 humble. Read as ケン. 譲 yield. Read as ジョウ. 語 language. Read as ゴ. Words containing 謙譲語 謙譲語Ｉ (けんじょうごいち) humble language in which the listener (or a third party) is the indirect object of an action (or the recipient of an object, etc.) Word lists Linguistics Jinuma: Japanese Dictionary · Word lists