{"id":4338,"date":"2015-03-28T00:01:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T00:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/?p=4338"},"modified":"2018-07-24T20:51:37","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T20:51:37","slug":"japanese-honorific-suffixes-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/japanese-honorific-suffixes-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Honorific Suffixes Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is my third post regarding Japanese honorific suffixes. I have covered so far ~ \u3055\u3093(san)<\/a> and ~\u3061\u3083\u3093(chan)<\/a>. \u00a0 If you would like to review them, just click the link under each suffix. In this blog post today, I will explain about~\u304f\u3093(kun). \u00a0In Japanese language, it is very important to understand the use of honorific suffixes. If you use them in a wrong way, you could easily offend others. Or if you don’t use it at all, you could also sound very rude and impolite. The use of \u00a0~\u304f\u3093(kun) is very specific in that you would want to know when to use it properly. Read on!<\/p>\n

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~\u304f\u3093(kun)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This honorific suffix is very similar to ~\u3061\u3083\u3093(chan) except that it is used mainly for boys. \u00a0It is very common to use\u00a0~\u304f\u3093(kun) for younger boys, including babies and toddlers. It is ok to use this suffix to someone who is younger than you; however you would not use this suffix to someone who is older than you. For someone older, you would want to use ~\u3055\u3093(san) or ~\u3055\u307e(sama) which I will explain in my next blog.<\/p>\n

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There are two exceptions to\u00a0the rule I mentioned above. One is at workplace, and another at school setting. Young female employees are often referred to as “last name + \u00a0~\u304f\u3093(kun)”. For example, Tanaka-kun(\u305f\u306a\u304b\u304f\u3093), Hashimoto-kun(\u306f\u3057\u3082\u3068\u304f\u3093), or Yamamoto-kun(\u3084\u307e\u3082\u3068\u304f\u3093) etc.. So in this case, even if the person is a female, she is referred to as her last name +\u00a0\u00a0~\u304f\u3093(kun). \u00a0~\u304f\u3093(kun) = boys rule does not apply here.<\/p>\n

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Another exception to the ~\u304f\u3093(kun) = boys \u00a0rue, is at school. Especially higher than high school level, it is also common for teachers or professors to address female students by her last name +\u00a0\u00a0~\u304f\u3093(kun).<\/p>\n

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In my opinion, if you are not sue which honorific suffix to use, just stick with ~san(\u3055\u3093) at first. Once you become more familiar with the use of each honorific suffix, you would be able to know when to use each one of them.<\/p>\n

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The last honorific suffix I would like to cover is ~\u3055\u307e(sama). This one is also very unique in that you would need to know when to use it. Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This is my third post regarding Japanese honorific suffixes. I have covered so far ~ \u3055\u3093(san) and ~\u3061\u3083\u3093(chan). \u00a0 If you would like to review them, just click the link under each suffix. In this blog post today, I will explain about~\u304f\u3093(kun). \u00a0In Japanese language, it is very important to understand the use of honorific…<\/p>\n

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