keystaff: (If I could fly)
Sakura Kinomoto ([personal profile] keystaff) wrote in [community profile] dreamcrystals 2022-04-08 10:43 am (UTC)

I don't think Syaoran-kun is here though. Not that I know of.

It's kind of complicated? Honorifics depend on how old you and the other person are. On how different your social rank is, or how well you know them, how familiar you are with the other person. I guess 'san' is like a default when referring to most others, being polite? Sort of like Mr, Ms, Miss, Mrs in English?. Except teachers - they're 'sensei'. But 'chan' is used for younger girls like me and Tomoyo-chan, or like a cute animal! Like say, a pet called Kero-chan. Then 'kun' is for younger boys usually, ones around the same age in school? That sort of thing. If there's no honorific it is usually because those people are really close.

Does that make sense? I haven't really had to explain before. Oh, and if I talk about 'onii-chan', that's my older brother, Touya.

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