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Japanese Honorifics


TNTOS

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Could someone explain to me what Japanese honorifics such as san, sama, chan, kun, and perhaps any others I might not know about mean?

 

I know san is attached to the name of someone you respect and sama means something like master, but I cannot for the life of me remember what chan and kun mean. I think chan has something to do with girls and kun applies to boys, but I am still not sure of their exact meanings.

 

If anyone could explain this to me I'd highly appreciate it :) .

 

-TNTOS-

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san is a formal greeting, like meeting a stranger. It's like calling someone Mr, Ms, or Mrs.

 

sama is a highly formal honorific of san. You usually use it on people with either a higher rank than yourself, like an emperor or a boss, or someone you greatly admire.

 

chan is an informal usually used to address females. It called be used for cute animals, younger women, and close friends. Don't use this with older people, they'll slap you silly.

 

kun is also informal usually used to address mostly younger boys and men. It's also addressed as boyfriends by females. Sometimes in the workforce an older male colleague can called a younger female employee kun. Its overall use is addressing younger people.

 

Hope you kinda get it.

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san is a formal greeting, like meeting a stranger. It's like calling someone Mr, Ms, or Mrs.

 

sama is a highly formal honorific of san. You usually use it on people with either a higher rank than yourself, like an emperor or a boss, or someone you greatly admire.

 

chan is an informal usually used to address females. It called be used for cute animals, younger women, and close friends. Don't use this with older people, they'll slap you silly.

 

kun is also informal usually used to address mostly younger boys and men. It's also addressed as boyfriends by females. Sometimes in the workforce an older male colleague can called a younger female employee kun. Its overall use is addressing younger people.

 

Hope you kinda get it.

 

Okay, I get it now. Thanks :) .

 

-TNTOS-

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