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Grammar detail: お

お  honorific / humble prefix
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お is commonly placed before nouns and certain forms of verbs as a way of making the reference more humble or polite.
For example, whereas
みせ
店
 is the basic term for a shop, when referring to a shop politely, お
みせ
店
 could be used.
「あのお
みせ
店
を
み
見
たいです」
"I want to have a look at that shop."
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Kanji used in this grammar

店
テン   みせ shop   
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見
ケン   みる to see   みえる to be seen; to appear   みせる to show   
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