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pepperjack
pepperjack
(Or in case you're more into self-teaching: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_honorifics )
Fedorable
all this chan, sempai, stuff that i'm seeing forumers use all the time
pepperjack
It's a mode of address, similar to our Mr., Mrs., Sir, Reverand, Dr., etc., but ubiquitous and mandatory.
"-san" is the default, for people you aren't particularly intimate with and aren't *significantly* beneath in social station.
"-san" is the default, for people you aren't particularly intimate with and aren't *significantly* beneath in social station.
pepperjack
"-chan" is used for friends, buds, and kids, with a connotation of feminity. "-kun" is mostly the same, but for boys.
"-sama" is extremely respectful, reserved for your clear betters (servants speaking to masters, for example, or press speaking to heads of state).
"-sama" is extremely respectful, reserved for your clear betters (servants speaking to masters, for example, or press speaking to heads of state).
pepperjack
Leaving out the honorific entirely is incredibly intimate - lovers might do this, but maybe not in public.
pepperjack
Oh, forgot "-sempai." A sempai is someone who is your senior in a particular context - a more experienced co-worker, perhaps, or an upperclassman in your school. There is a culture of admiration and respect for one's sempais, and romantic idealization of a favorite sempai is a trope in romantic works for a reason.
pepperjack
The reverse of sempai is kouhai (an underclassman or someone otherwise beneath you within some social structure, like a workplace or club), but 'kouhai' can't be used as an honorific in the way "-sempai" can, and it's disrespectful to address someone as "kouhai" anyway.
pepperjack
"Sensei" is a word meaning (roughly) teacher or master (as in master of martial arts, not master/slave), but it can also take the place of an honorific. It's used when addressing teachers, doctors, authors, and similar professionals.
pepperjack
Did I miss anything?
OverReactionGuy
I don't think so.
Valette-Serafina
Dono?
(Is joking.)
(Is joking.)
pepperjack
Yeah, I left out "-dono" on purpose. "-tan" would be more useful than "-dono."
pepperjack
Actually, since Fedorable's mostly seeing these on forums...
"-dono" is an archaic form, used to address lords. You'll see it in samurai fiction and parodies of the same.
"-dono" is an archaic form, used to address lords. You'll see it in samurai fiction and parodies of the same.
pepperjack
"-tan" is a baby-talk version of "-chan," meant to be extra cute and sometimes used for mascots. It might be worth noting that "-chan" started out as a baby-talk version of "-san," but gradually became its own honorific over time.
Fedorable
that is really informative. Thanks 