About: What is more intimate, adding no honorific at all or using sth like "chan"

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Just something like "chan". Honorifics are exactly what they sound like "honorific", they give "honor". In Japan, they are very polite. It is seen as "too familiar" to call someone by their first name unless allowed to, so most will refer to each other by their last name, and then switch to first name when allowed to. This is very different than in English, where lack of familiarity can be seen as rude. The most respectful way to address someone in Japanese is with "Last Name-san", such as "Uzumaki-san". If the person is one of great respect and reverence, than "Sama" or "Lord/Lady" can follow as well, such as "Tsunade-sama" for "Lady Tsunade", or "Hokage-sama" for "Lord/Lady Hokage". Sama is a superlative honorific, while San is much more common. It will all depend on social standing of t

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rdfs:label	What is more intimate, adding no honorific at all or using sth like "chan"
rdfs:comment	Just something like "chan". Honorifics are exactly what they sound like "honorific", they give "honor". In Japan, they are very polite. It is seen as "too familiar" to call someone by their first name unless allowed to, so most will refer to each other by their last name, and then switch to first name when allowed to. This is very different than in English, where lack of familiarity can be seen as rude. The most respectful way to address someone in Japanese is with "Last Name-san", such as "Uzumaki-san". If the person is one of great respect and reverence, than "Sama" or "Lord/Lady" can follow as well, such as "Tsunade-sama" for "Lady Tsunade", or "Hokage-sama" for "Lord/Lady Hokage". Sama is a superlative honorific, while San is much more common. It will all depend on social standing of t
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abstract	Just something like "chan". Honorifics are exactly what they sound like "honorific", they give "honor". In Japan, they are very polite. It is seen as "too familiar" to call someone by their first name unless allowed to, so most will refer to each other by their last name, and then switch to first name when allowed to. This is very different than in English, where lack of familiarity can be seen as rude. The most respectful way to address someone in Japanese is with "Last Name-san", such as "Uzumaki-san". If the person is one of great respect and reverence, than "Sama" or "Lord/Lady" can follow as well, such as "Tsunade-sama" for "Lady Tsunade", or "Hokage-sama" for "Lord/Lady Hokage". Sama is a superlative honorific, while San is much more common. It will all depend on social standing of the individual in comparison to the person speaking to them, and if the person speaking to them is respectful or not. For example, Sasuke adds honorifics to no one's names but his family members, which is considered very rude. Naruto will often use "nicknames" similar to "Ero-sennin" for Jiraiya and "Tsuande-obaasan" for Tsunade. This is more familiar than most people would think he should be, but it isn't as rude as Sasuke's speech. Alternatively, words like "kun" and "chan" are often used for men and women of great "affectionate value" to that person. For example how Sakura calls Sasuke, "Sasuke-kun", while Hinata calls Naruto, "Naruto-kun". This doesn't mean everyone who uses "chan" or "kun" is romantically interested in that person, there is just "high affection", and that usually is the case amongst people the same age. However, it is also used by older adults to address children. Such as how Shizune refers to Naruto as "Naruto-kun", and Orochimaru refers to Sasuke as, "Sasuke-kun". Shizune's is more sincere, while Orochimaru's is more facetious. So, overall, honorifics with last name first and then an honorific like "-sama" or "-san" is the most respectful, while just the first name is the least respectful. Honestly though, people of the same sex and age often avoid using terminology like "-kun" and "-chan" for each other, as it might "give the wrong vibe", so they usually stick to "-san".

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