Honorifics

ございます

いらっしゃいます

拝見します

お目にかかります

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• (CALLING)
• Hello, Mr. Mori. This is Kitayama Japanese Language School.
• Hello, I'm Rei from the intermediate class. Is Mr. Mori here?
• Mr. Mori, it's Rei. What can I do for you?
• Gōzaiます: The Honorable Form of "ある"
• いらっしゃいます："いる "的敬體形
• 拝見します：is the honorific form of "見る".
• Mangan: a form of respect for the body.

いただいていました

いただきました

めしあがっていました

めしあがりました

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• Yamada: Chief, thanks for the hospitality yesterday, I had a lot of delicious food.
• Section Chief: That's a good sentiment, let's have dinner at my house next time.
• いただいていました：the tense is not correct
• Itadakimashita: a self-effacing phrase, correctly
• めしあがっていました: honorific, not to be used for the act of eating by oneself
• めしあがりました: a term of respect, not to be used in connection with the act of eating one's own meal