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Befron 09-22-2008 07:48 PM
I would also imagine that using hiragana instead of kanji in writing also is suggesting a bit of informality.

Paul11 09-22-2008 08:40 PM
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Originally Posted by SSJup81 (Post 589825)
Whee, even I can answer this.

Chan and Kun are casual, but, chan is usually used for girls and kun for boys. You can use chan with boys and kun with girls, but generally, it's the way I mentioned. They're also used towards boys and girls who are younger than you, but as I said earlier, both of these honorifics are casual. For example, that "Taka-chan" is probably used by someone who is a friend of this "Taka-chan".
You can use chan for boys, but only for close friends and family or little kids. But I would never use kun for girls, have never heard it used for girls and was told it was only for boys.

SSJup81 09-22-2008 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul11 (Post 591404)
You can use chan for boys, but only for close friends and family or little kids. But I would never use kun for girls, have never heard it used for girls and was told it was only for boys.
I have, like a senior to someone younger. Like maybe a boss to a lower employee or something like that. I'm not sure if it's very common, but can be done.

MMM 09-22-2008 11:22 PM
If you watch Japanese dramas or work in an office you can hear bosses call female employees with ~kun.

Paul11 09-22-2008 11:35 PM
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Originally Posted by MMM (Post 591604)
If you watch Japanese dramas or work in an office you can hear bosses call female employees with ~kun.
I'm surprised, but I'll accept that.

MMM 09-22-2008 11:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul11 (Post 591609)
I'm surprised, but I'll accept that.
Especially older bosses, and it isn't very common, but ~kun isn't exclusive to boys.


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