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Why do the Japanese say san and tan after names?

Anonymous

∙ 13y ago

Updated: 11/8/2022

The Japanese have honourifics, just the same as "Mr., Mrs., Miss, etc"

San is most widely used because it is not gender specific.

Tan is more of a "cute" ending friends will use.

There are also "kun" for boys, "chan" for girls, "sempai" for elders, and "kouhai" for juniors.

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