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It is a way of showing respect to another and would be extremely rude not to use it.

For general people it would be name-san, little girls name-chan, little boys name-kun, for a teacher, doctor, scientist, and other intellectuals it is name-senseior just sensei, for an upperclassman it would be name-senpaior just senpai, and when really honoring someone you could add -sama to their name.

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