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Also everyone- to help with the current Honorifics goin' around . . . I give you this!

[spoiler=Honorifics]

-San:

San is the most common honorific and is a title of respect similar to "mr", "miss", "mrs", or "ms." However, in addition to being used with people's names, it is also employed in a variety of other ways.

 

-Dono:

Dono roughly means "lord" or "master." It doesn't equate noble status, rather it is a term akin to "milord" or French "monseigneur," and lies between san and sama in level of respect.

 

-Sama:

Sama is a significantly more respectful version of san. It is used primarily in addressing or referring to people much higher in rank than oneself, toward one's customers, and sometimes toward people one greatly admires. When used to refer to oneself, sama expresses extreme arrogance, as with ore-sama.

 

-Kun:

Kun is used by persons of senior status in addressing or referring to those of junior status, or by anyone when addressing or referring to male children or male teenagers. It can also be used by females when addressing a male that they are emotionally attached to or have known for a long period of time.

 

-Chan:

Chan is a diminutive suffix; it expresses that the speaker finds a person endearing. In general, chan is used for babies, young children, and teenage girls. It may also be used towards cute animals, lovers, close friends or any woman with youthful spirit.

 

-Sempai and Kohai:

Sempai is used to address or refer to one's senior colleagues in a school, company, sports club, or other group. So at school, the students in higher grades than oneself are senpai. Students of the same or lower grade are not senpai, nor are teachers. In a business environment, colleagues with more experience are senpai, but one's boss is not a senpai. Like "Doctor" in English, senpai can be used by itself as well as with a name.

 

A Kohai is a junior, the reverse of senpai, but it is not normally used as an honorific.

 

-Sensei:

Sensei is used to refer to or address teachers, doctors, politicians and other authority figures. It is used to show respect to someone who has achieved a certain level of mastery in an art form or some other skill, and is also applied to novelists, poets, painters, and other artists, including manga artists. As with senpai, sensei can be used not only as a suffix, but also as a stand-alone title.

 

Bozu:

This is an informal way to refer to a boy, similar to the English term "kid" or "squirt".

 

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The lack of honorific means that the speaker has permission to address the person in a very intimate way. Usually only family, spouses, or very close friends have this kind of permission.

 

Familial honorifics

 

Otou-san:

father, or otou-sama

 

Oji-san:

uncle (or midde-aged gentleman). -san can be replaced by -sama or -chan.

 

Ojii-san:

grandpa (or male senior-citizen). -san can be replaced by -sama or -chan.

 

Okaa-san:

mother, or okaa-sama.

 

Oba-san:

aunt (or middle-aged lady). -san can be replaced by -sama or -chan.

 

Obaa-san:

grandma (or female senior-citizen). -san can be replaced by -sama or -chan.

 

Onii-san:

big brother (or a young gentleman), or onii-sama, or onii-chan. From ani.

 

Onee-san:

big sister (or a young lady), or onee-sama, or onee-chan. From ane.

 

 

 

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