御(おん)〜

御(おん)〜 is a formal/literary honorific prefix, more elevated than お〜 or ご〜.

Compounds

• 御礼(おんれい): gratitude, thanks (formal)
• 御社(おんしゃ): your company (spoken, e.g. in job interviews; 貴社(きしゃ) in writing)
• 御中(おんちゅう): used when addressing organizations in letters

Usage

This prefix is quite formal and often appears in:

• Business correspondence
• Formal documents
• Historical/literary texts
• Religious contexts

Similar words

• お〜: standard polite (お名前(なまえ))
• ご〜: polite for Sino-Japanese (ご住所(じゅうしょ))
• 御(おん)〜: formal/literary (御礼(おんれい))