san, kun, chan, sama, and sempi???

Question

i know chan meens cute and sama meens lord or lady, but what dos san, kun, and sempi meen????

Answer 1

if im not mistaken sempai means teacher or sensei
san and kun is used by elders for kids

Answer 2

They are honorifics that u put at the end of japanese names. Kun and chan are the same thing. they are used for someone that's close to u like a friend. but kun is used for a boy and chan is used for a girl I forget what san is used for.. sempi is used for someone whose a senior in high school and sama is used for someone who's older that u aren't friends with.

Answer 3

Kawaii means cute, not chan. Chan is referring to a best friend, or something of sorts. Also refers to a girl. (For example, in Sailor Moon, Mina, who is Sailor Venus, would go: USAGI-CHAN! talking to Sailor Moon. Naruto calls Hinata: Hinata-chan.) Kun, is what you would usually call a boy. An example would be Hinata from the series Naruto calls Naruto himself Naruto-kun. Sempi is what you would call an older person. Hope this helps!

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Answer 4

They don't "mean" anything; they're suffixes.

-chan is typically used to refer to girls or young boys. It can also be used between close friends or family. Others use this for small animals, ex: Neko-chan or usagi-chan. Intimately, it is basically for someone you're affectionate about.

-kun is used for men, very rarely for girls. It's typically between classmates or an older man to a younger one (similar to kohai in a school setting).

-san is basically "Mr." or "Miss/Mrs." You use this with people you don't know or just to be polite. It's definitely the most common suffix used.

-sempai/senpai is what a younger student calls an older student as a means of respect.

-sama is like "-san," but more formal. You would use this to talk to the manager of a company or someone who is simply highly respected. Many distinguished businesses will add this to their customer's name, which is considered very polite.

Answer 5

Kun is a term of familiarity, used especially with boys. If one person knows another boy well enough, he can address him by appending "-kun" to his name. One example can be found in Naruto, when Kakashi always calls Naruto "Naruto-kun." He knows him well enough to do that.
Sempai can be translated as upperclassman. It is used by those addressing people in a higher grade than they. If an 10th grader were to address an 11th grader, he would use "sempai." It can also be used in a place of employment to address a person who oversees your work.
San is usually translated as "Mr." or "Mrs." It can also be added to other words (for example, "Mrs. Librarian" or "Mr. Butcher.") San can also be used when talking about companies. It is also sometimes used when referring to a certain food, such as fish.

Answer 6

Chan doesn't necessary means cute. It is use between close friends or withing family member.

Sama : is a high mark of respect

san is commun. You can use it with people you don't know provided they are not important person

sempai : from juniors to older students
kouhai is the opposite

kun : used to address young men

Answer 7

San is referring to someone older, like Mom,dad, uncle, etc.
Kun is used for respect to older men/boys. But fruits Basket refers to Tohru as "Kun". Sempai is used for upperclassmen.

Answer 8

-san = respect or formal greeting, can be used for boys or girls
-kun = friend who is a boy
-sempai = some one who has more experience than you, like a sophmore speaking to a senior
-kohai = the reverse of -sempai
-dono = even more respect than -sama, like a king
-hime = princess
- [no suffix] = you are close to this person, like a sister/ brother, husband/ wife, best friend, or lover

Answer 9

san is used for an equal, kun is used for...something like cool, and sempai is used for a higher-class indiv, but not a sensei. IT's more like a senior in Highschol if you were a Juniour.

Answer 10

if im not mistaken...chan is dear, cute and sounds more loveable..
san and kun is like 'miss' or 'mister'..
sempi..im not sure..senior maybe?

Answer 11

Sempi is how you adress somebody of higher rank. Like say somebody was a grade higher you'd adress them as sempi.