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Arashi Erina

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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:47 pm
Even though I'm about to break you're holding me tightly in your arms. I'm afraid to go


I know why you would use "sama" or "san", but does it matter to use "kun", "chan", "tan", or any other ending to a name?


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PostPosted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:57 pm
Arashi Erina
Even though I'm about to break you're holding me tightly in your arms. I'm afraid to go


I know why you would use "sama" or "san", but does it matter to use "kun", "chan", "tan", or any other ending to a name?


I hear your voice in the dawn when everything will be nothing
"kun" is usually used for young males, while "chan" and "tan" are usually used for children or very very close friends/family considering they're kind of childish.
Best bet is to mainly stick with "san" unless told to do otherwise.  

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PostPosted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 3:00 pm
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Arashi Erina
Even though I'm about to break you're holding me tightly in your arms. I'm afraid to go


I know why you would use "sama" or "san", but does it matter to use "kun", "chan", "tan", or any other ending to a name?


I hear your voice in the dawn when everything will be nothing
"kun" is usually used for young males, while "chan" and "tan" are usually used for children or very very close friends/family considering they're kind of childish.
Best bet is to mainly stick with "san" unless told to do otherwise.
Even though I'm about to break you're holding me tightly in your arms. I'm afraid to go


Thank you!


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PostPosted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 11:33 am
I think with people you don't know very well you use san, but with friends you just drop the honorifics and use their name directly. For teachers, you just add sensei behind their family name. That's all I had to use for my one-week stay in Japan and I was mainly with people my own age.  

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PostPosted: Sat Feb 19, 2011 1:47 pm
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I think with people you don't know very well you use san, but with friends you just drop the honorifics and use their name directly. For teachers, you just add sensei behind their family name. That's all I had to use for my one-week stay in Japan and I was mainly with people my own age.
Even though I'm about to break you're holding me tightly in your arms. I'm afraid to go


Thanks for the info! I only plan to stay for a week, too.


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PostPosted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 3:06 pm
i sort of get confused where to put the san or chan other words mean to the people i care about. how should i say it?  

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