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Posted: Sat Feb 06, 2010 7:45 pm
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Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 9:13 am
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san (さん), sama (様) => Mr, Mrs, Miss dono (殿) => Sir, Madam kyou (卿) => Lord, Lady, Dame -chan: Female diminutive. You can use -chan with little kids, particularly little girls. Teenage girls can use it on each other, as can younger children -kun: Male diminutive. Teenage girls would use this for their male peers. People socially higher than a given male could use -kun, those lower than him would use -san. A teacher might call all his students, male or female, -kun. Sensei- せんせい used for teachers -sama is submissive, and it is still used in some instances, as suffix in the address on a letter; furthermore, it is always used by service personnel towards customers.
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