~sama(\u3055\u307e) – \u69d8\u3000\uff08\u3055\u307e\uff09<\/strong><\/p>\n~sama(\u3055\u307e) is a respectful way of calling someone. You can use this to male or female. You can use this whenever you would like to show your respect; however, here are the typical examples of how you can use ~sama.<\/p>\n
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1) When speaking to someone who is in higher social status than yourself.<\/p>\n
Example: Yamamoto sama (\u5c71\u672c\u69d8\u3001\u3084\u307e\u3082\u3068\u3055\u307e)<\/p>\n
2) When speaking to customers. \u00a0For example: Okyaku-sama(\u304a\u5ba2\u69d8\u3001\u304a\u304d\u3083\u304f\u3055\u307e) Okyaku means customer. Instead of calling your customer by name, you can generally call the person by saying “Okyaku-sama(\u304a\u5ba2\u69d8\u3001\u304a\u304d\u3083\u304f\u3055\u307e)”<\/p>\n
3) When referring to God of any religion. People often refer “God” by “Kami-sama(\u795e\u69d8\u3001\u304b\u307f\u3055\u307e).<\/p>\n
4) When addressing \u00a0your post cards or letters to someone. You will indicate ~sama(\u3055\u307e) in front of the post card or envelop. For example, Mr. Tanaka will be written as “Tanaka sama (\u7530\u4e2d\u69d8\u3001\u305f\u306a\u304b\u3055\u307e)” in Japanese.<\/p>\n
5) #4 is also true when you are writing your emails to someone you don’t know too well or to someone who is in higher social status, or to your customers.<\/p>\n
6)\u00a0~sama(\u3055\u307e) is also used to say:<\/p>\n
Gochisou sama (\u3054\u99b3\u8d70\u69d8\u3001\u3054\u3061\u305d\u3046\u3055\u307e)\u3000- This expression is used after each meal, by thanking whoever cooked your meal for you. In English, this would mean, “Thank you for the delicious meal.”<\/p>\n
Omachi do sama(\u304a\u5f85\u3061\u540c\u69d8\u3001\u304a\u307e\u3061\u3069\u3046\u3055\u307e) – “Thank you for waiting.”<\/p>\n
Gokuro sama(\u3054\u82e6\u52b4\u69d8\u3001\u3054\u304f\u308d\u3046\u3055\u307e) – “Thank you for your hard work.”<\/p>\n
Otsukare sama(\u304a\u75b2\u308c\u69d8\u3001\u304a\u3064\u304b\u308c\u3055\u307e) – “Thank you for your hard work.”<\/p>\n
The last two means the same thing; however, \u00a0Otsukare sama(\u304a\u75b2\u308c\u69d8\u3001\u304a\u3064\u304b\u308c\u3055\u307e) is used more casually among friends and family.<\/p>\n
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So far, I have covered a couple of Japanese honorific suffixes since last month.\u00a0Here are some of the past suffixes if you would like to review. Japanese Honorific Suffixes Part 1 (~\u3055\u3093) Japanese Honorific Suffixes Part 2 (~\u3061\u3083\u3093) Japanese Honorific Suffixes Part 3 (~\u304f\u3093) Last honorific suffix that I would like to cover is ~sama(\u3055\u307e)…<\/p>\n
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