So it could never be shadow of sama, only a rather polite Mr. I feel it's important to point out because you interpreted this to mean 'The shadow of the gods.' But rather, sama is merely a suffix, a title, added for respect. So it would not be 'the sama's shadow' or any such thing, but rather 'shadow-sama', the honored shadow, Mr. I'd also like to point out that 'sama' is an honorific suffix and would not refer to a 'god' or, indeed, anything at all (like this, anyway). Iwakurasan wrote:So, O-kage-sama de, the way I figure this, would then mean something like 'Under the -sama/ueber shadow,' whch is to say, Under the protection of the heavens/gods, Kage is not very commonly used baby name for boy. Note: these plural suffixes can only be used when speaking about people, or about things to which you are assigning human-like traits (like animals, if a show happens. Bokura means us, and can be applied to two people, a family, or a large group of people. Other countries in which name kage being used are, Japanese. Omaera means all of you or you guys, as does kisamara.

Tsura and Kage can also mean Yin and Yang in some perspectives like a coin: Tsura meaning Heads(Side) and Kage meaning Tails(Other Side). In any example, you can always swap out for 'san' if you're feeling (a lot) less polite. The masculine name Kage is used in Chinese. Kage means Shadow but also means other side. Other expression you may be aware of: gochisousama (said after a meal, honorific go + feast + sama) otsukaresama (said after work or any other endeavor, honorific o + tired + sama). So when you say 'okagesama', you're just pointing them out as the reason you're able to do/be something. Adding honorific suffixes to words like this is very common and a way of sortof titling someone for something. Adding 'sama' to the end of something is indeed a high honorific, but it isn't so high as you necessarily believe. 'o' is an honorable prefix, and 'okage' gets used to refer to someone's assistance to you in some way. 'kage' refers to as much reflection as shadow (like a reflection in the water), and, additionally, and key here, presence.

This is really a standard Japanese construction.

It's good to question translations given to you, but not necessarily to do so with idiomatic expressions when you're not at a stage where you actually can call them into question. WordSense - English dictionary containing information about the meaning, the spelling and more.We answer the question: How do you spell o-kage References. I can see why you would be confused, but no, you're overthinking it.

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