Notes about Japanese Honorifics
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Japanese honorifics are I will be using these honorifics to the best of my ability as I find that they are a useful way of showing character and their relationship to the person they're talking about. Here are a list of common Japanese honorifics below.
-San:
-Sama:
-Kun:
-bō:
-Chan:
-Chin:
-Senpai:
-Sempai:
-Kouhai:
-Sensei:
-Pyon:
-Niisan:
-Neesan:
When somebody doesn't use an honorific, that's called yobisute, which is a "null honorific". A yobisute is usually used when somebody is talking in an intimate and familiar manner like family, spouses or one's closest friends. This is only done when you've been given permission to use the subject's first name. Using a yobisute without such permission is a serious insult.
