Help:Abbreviations

NOTE — These abbreviations should generally be used only in annotations, not in running text.

General

• dial: dialectical (for some languages, a more specific term may be used)
• eqv: equivalent [to]
• lit: literally (do not use this for "literary")
• pl: plural
• sing: singular
• smth: something
• std: standard — used to provide the standard equivalent of dialectical language

Japanese

• hon: honorific
• hum: humble
• ksb: Kansai-ben, the dialect of Osaka and other places
• pol: polite