"expresses politeness toward and distance from the listener" in Japanese

ます

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Literal Breakdown

Recording	English	Japanese	Learn
	ma (hiragana)	ま	Learn
	su (hiragana)	す	Learn

Notes

This is used as a suffix to the ren'yōkei or the “continuative form”. For example 買い is the ren'yōkei, when you put ます, it becomes 買います. A sentence with 買います would be 私は辞書を買います (I will buy a dictionary)

Know that verbs don't change when they are in the future tense, only in the past tense they are changed.

Summary

The Japanese translation for “expresses politeness toward and distance from the listener” is ます. The Japanese, ます, can be broken down into 2 parts:"ma (hiragana)" (ま) and "su (hiragana)" (す).

Examples of "expresses politeness toward and distance from the listener" in use

There are 4 examples of the Japanese word for "expresses politeness toward and distance from the listener" being used:

English	Japanese	Learn
to have; there is (polite form of ある (aru))	あります	Learn
to speak (formal verb)	話します	Learn
to sit (formal)	座ります	Learn
to buy (formal verb)	買います	Learn