Meaning of ですます体(ですますたい) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level

ですます体

Kana Reading

ですますたい

Romaji

desumasutai

Word Senses

• Parts of speech

  noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

  Meaning

  literary form imparting the nuance of polite speech (with sentences ending in "desu" and verbs ending in "masu")

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Related Kanji

体 JLPT 4

7 strokes

body, substance, object, reality, counter for images

On'Yomi: タイ, テイ

Kun'Yomi: からだ, かたち

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