Usually, we're told that おる is a humble verb, and that mostly holds true. But
sometimes I see it conjugated to a light honorific form おられる, usually when
talking about someone to whom respect must be shown rather than to them. I'd
like to ask how this comes about.
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words honorifics keigo
おる in honorific contexts
Technically speaking, it's not a Standard Japanese. But おる is a normal verb in
many dialects in western Japan, and the speakers in those regions won't
consider おられる really unnatural. Recently, it has infiltrated into the east as
well.
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