例えば、「明日は晴れの予報がでており、～」というのはニュースなどで聞かれる文章ですが、「していて」ではなく「しており」と使うのは、テレビの視聴者に対して敬意を表したいためであり、文法的には丁重語だと言えます。とはどういう意味ですか?

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MsFixer

1月22日

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@albertou Thank you for your reply.

〜おり instead of 〜いて makes the whole sentence more professional and assertive. Thus, 〜おり is frequently used in any kind of “public” statements (e.g. TV news programs, analytical papers, CEO’s statements to shareholders, Q/A sessions in the Diet) both in speaking and writing.

For your reference, below is the actual answer Prime Minister Suga delivered in November in the last Diet. Asked about how to tackle the current COVID-19 pandemic, he said:

「マスクの着用」や「「三つの密」の回避」等の「新しい生活様式」を定着させていくこととしており、...... 重要であると考えている。
Our Administration is implementing political measures such as “wearing a face mask”, “refraining from visiting crowded places”, and .... these are important.

http://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_shitsumo...

定着させる (ていちゃくさせる) = implement (policies/rules etc.) and make sure people complying with it.

Using 〜おり makes PM’s statement about his future plan more robust with professional tone. Thus, the whole message sounds decisive and accurate.

For the same reasons of accuracy and assertiveness, newspapers and TV news programs also love the phrase 〜おり. Using 〜おり, the news/articles sound confident, unbiased and being based on facts. So it would contribute to earning trust from subscribers and viewers.

If Japanese people want to be polite, we usually use 尊敬語 or 謙譲語 to show respects for listeners/readers. In that sense, the most important aspect is human relationship and hierarchy. However, 〜おり is delivering objective and assertive facts. There is no human touch.

You might probably mix up with another usage of 〜おり. For example, 父は本日出かけております means “my father is out today” in a polite way. Replacing from 出かけています to 出かけております adds the nuance of “I’m sorry to inform you that...”. This “my father is...” sentence is different from the weather forecast script you gave me in your initial question or from PM Suga’s statement.

Let me know if you need more sample sentences.

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MsFixer

1月22日

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Would you like me (or any other native speakers) to explain how して「おり」 functions grammatically? Or do you simply need us to translate these sentences? I can translate for you, but these sentences are explaining Japanese grammar in a strange way. しており is not 丁寧語 or showing some respects for listeners...

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albertou

1月22日

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@MsFixer It will help me a lot if you can explain howしておりfunctions grammatically, thank you. I've been looking all over the internet but still can't find a proper answer. Please take all the time you need, I can wait.

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MsFixer

1月22日

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@albertou Thank you for your reply.

〜おり instead of 〜いて makes the whole sentence more professional and assertive. Thus, 〜おり is frequently used in any kind of “public” statements (e.g. TV news programs, analytical papers, CEO’s statements to shareholders, Q/A sessions in the Diet) both in speaking and writing.

For your reference, below is the actual answer Prime Minister Suga delivered in November in the last Diet. Asked about how to tackle the current COVID-19 pandemic, he said:

「マスクの着用」や「「三つの密」の回避」等の「新しい生活様式」を定着させていくこととしており、...... 重要であると考えている。
Our Administration is implementing political measures such as “wearing a face mask”, “refraining from visiting crowded places”, and .... these are important.

http://www.shugiin.go.jp/internet/itdb_shitsumo...

定着させる (ていちゃくさせる) = implement (policies/rules etc.) and make sure people complying with it.

Using 〜おり makes PM’s statement about his future plan more robust with professional tone. Thus, the whole message sounds decisive and accurate.

For the same reasons of accuracy and assertiveness, newspapers and TV news programs also love the phrase 〜おり. Using 〜おり, the news/articles sound confident, unbiased and being based on facts. So it would contribute to earning trust from subscribers and viewers.

If Japanese people want to be polite, we usually use 尊敬語 or 謙譲語 to show respects for listeners/readers. In that sense, the most important aspect is human relationship and hierarchy. However, 〜おり is delivering objective and assertive facts. There is no human touch.

You might probably mix up with another usage of 〜おり. For example, 父は本日出かけております means “my father is out today” in a polite way. Replacing from 出かけています to 出かけております adds the nuance of “I’m sorry to inform you that...”. This “my father is...” sentence is different from the weather forecast script you gave me in your initial question or from PM Suga’s statement.

Let me know if you need more sample sentences.

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albertou

1月25日

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@MsFixer Thank you very much for the detailed explanation! That really helps me a lot. I first saw 「~ており」in a 物語、later in a news article. After searching the web, the answer I can get was: It is the same as 「～ていて」but didn't say anything about the difference between them and which to use under certain occasion, i.e, the nuance. Hence I am really grateful to you for answering my question.

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