Language Learning with Livemocha | Learn a Language Online - Free! Japanese-Online.com ::: Online Japanese Language & Culture Resource Community ::: Denshi Jisho - Online Japanese dictionary. 31 Please Tell Me About Japanese Honorifics And Terms Of Address. This article is from the Anime FAQ, by Steve Pearl with numerous contributions by others. Here are the most common honorifics and terms of address. -sama Very respectful ending. Not normally used with someone's names. Used to people of superior status, like your boss, or to your guests as a host. Envelopes should be addressed with "-sama". A shopkeeper might call a customer "o-kyaku-sama" (Respected Mr. Customer). sensei A respectful term meaning "teacher", also used with physicians.
-san Usual term of respect. However, never use "-san" with your own name or your family members' names. High school girls are usually called "-san". sempai Somebody in the same general social class, but socially superior to you. Older students may be addressed respectfully as sempai, especially by girls. -kun Used by a socially superior male to a socially inferior male. High school boys are called "-kun"
. - Calling someone by a family name alone is being very familiar (or rough). Some ways of saying "you": Japanese Phrases. Basic conversational phrases are listed in the table below. I believe these are very useful when you have a conversation with a Japanese speaker or when you visit Japan. I'll regularly add new expressions in the list, so please come visit this page often. The Japanese translation of each English phrase or expression is written in two or three ways: 1) romaji, 2) hiragana (and/or katakana), and 3) kanji, if applicable. I strongly recommend you learn how to pronounce hiragana at least. Romaji is just too awkward to read. (Go to the Japanese Alphabets page to learn about romaji, hiragana, katakana, and kanji.) Nihongo o Narau - Learn Japanese.
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