Vocab Info

N5 Suffix

さんMr., Mrs., Miss, Ms., -san

    Dictionary Definition

    1. Suffix

      1.

      Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms., -san

      Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language, Familiar language, after a person's name (or position, etc.),

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    2. Suffix

      2.

      politeness marker

      Polite (teineigo) language, usu. after a noun or sometimes na-adjective

    All Forms

    さん

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    Examples

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      「オカベさんこんにちは。」

      'Hello, Okabe-san.'

      • N5

      こちらはタナカさんとマイクさんです。」

      'They are Tanaka-san and Mike-san.'

      • N5

      (ぼく)明日(あした)クリスさん東京(とうきょう)()きます。

      I am going to Tokyo tomorrow with Chris-san.

      • N5

      新入社員(しんにゅうしゃいん):「木下(きのした)さんって(だれ)ですか?」

      New employee: 'Who is this Kinoshita-san?'

      • N5

      同級生(どうきゅうせい)のミズガメさんとヤマノさん昨日(きのう)結婚(けっこん)した。

      My classmates Mizugame-san and Yamano-san got married yesterday.

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