Abstract:
This study is about an analysis of the meaning and the use of irai hyougen in
Japanese. The purpose of this study is to know and understand more about the
meaning and the use of irai hyougen so that there will be no mistakes and errors in
using them particularly for the students of the Japanese study program, Education
Faculty, Riau University.
The method applied in this study is descriptive where the primary data
gathered from various sources of Japanese Text books such as Minna no Nihongo I
and Minna no Nihongo II. The theory used in this study is the theory proposed by
Yoshio Ogawa. This study explains that from nine forms of irai hyougen and four
ways of its communication, the sentence should be based on and appropriated with
the politeness form/ politeness degree in Japanese language (keigo)
