CHAN! KUN! SAMA! Honorifics and Nicknames in Japanese 

Are u time traveller?

@@myokokoaung9857 hahaha no Patreon. Secondary benefit of supporting Misa-sensei on Patreon is we get some videos earlier. The main benefit, of course, is that she keeps making them 😉

Hello, Raro Maruchinsu. I'd recognise a fellow Brazilian anywhere.

Raro chan

pikachu.. deska..

How your comment is two day ago while this video is out 46 min ago?

@@myokokoaung9857 I think patrons on Patreon get early access to new videos. (I'm not one myself)

What a fascinating backstory😂

LOL. My brother has deformed my nicknames to the point of becoming completely different too. This story makes me realize how we're not the only ones like this.

lol high five name twin (although Karael's an alias in my case :P)

@@karaelzexceed666 high five! 😁👏 Where did you come up with your alias?

アンデル、アンドル、アンダル

@@greglocker2124 Yeah but that's not how they say it, they use andoryu which I've never felt comfortable using. ojisan is just fine. :p

In Argentina, people who share the same sport, would normally call each other by many different names, none of them related to a human being. So, when you're in the middle of a game, you'd find yourself surrounded by bananas, potatoes, eggs , three-legged dogs, milk bags, spare wheels, and so on, it gets a bit confusing sometimes, imagine a 先輩 being called "milkshake", "8-Ball", or something of the sort, I wouldn't miss it for the world! 😆. And, agreed, みさ先輩 is the most beautiful "Aunty" there is!.

sorry but I think the irish translation of dubhghlas you have is wrong. dubh means black and glas means green so your name means dark green

wait nvm I was thinking of irish sorry

@@grenien4109 Don't get me started on Irish. 😐 I'm an unhealthy mix of Irish, Scots, English, and German. With an ambiguous last name that can be either Irish, Scots, or English, but is usually associated with Scotland. No matter, my Grandmother was German, and there is some highly suspect information about a Choctaw great-great-great-great Grandmother. I'm strawberry blond, so that seems unlikely.

Hey, it's the Bard!

@brawken902 You know, I'm sure that's how people in the past used to feel when people started using mister instead of "Ser" and others. And people in the future will say the same " We used dude a lot back in the day, now all i hear is [insert_future_honorifics_here]"

Try thinking of yourself as a lower noble addressing a prince or other high-ranking noble. That might add some fun to the respectful mannerisms part of it. As for asymmetrical honorifics, it could mean a lot of different things. If one side is of higher social rank than the other then the honorifics often reflect that (ex: boss calls subordinate by -kun but subordinate addresses boss by -san or maybe omits the name entirely and goes for shachou if the boss is boss of the whole company). If they are of equal social rank, one side is being more formal/respectful than the other and you'll have to figure out why. In Teasing Master (からかい上手の高木さん, referenced in this video), Takagi calls Nishikata without an honorific because she feels comfortable being that forward with him (at least on the surface, else she wouldn't tease him that much) and because he doesn't protest. Nishikata calls her with -san because he's not confident enough to just push her the same way she pushes him around. Actually, it suggests he feels unsure of himself around her because he calls his guy friends the way Takagi calls him, last name no honorific. Another example: in 魔法科高校の劣等生 (The Irregular at Magic High School or something like that, don't remember the official translation), Tatsuya tells his female classmates of the same year just to call him Tatsuya but Honoka sticks to Tatsuya-san. Not surprising - his male circle mostly calls him by his last name without honorific; first name without honorific is extremely direct, maybe even aggressive? (I'm at the limit of my knowledge here) but the only situations I know of where it's not surprising are with spouses and kids. The former is extremely intimate, and the latter you owe no respect per social norms. I figure that Honoka could probably, following his invitation, call him Tatsuya-kun without anyone thinking it rude, but she doesn't feel comfortable being that bold and/or doesn't want to come across so strong. Her decision to go with -san makes her seem smaller and evokes people's protective instincts. If we compare all the above cases, the theme that emerges is that the side using -san doesn't want to act like they can just waltz right up to the person they さん付け but need to approach reverently. That isn't necessarily all cases (maybe it is? But I don't know) but it is one reason why you might get an asymmetry in honorifics without a difference in social rank. There's also an inconsistency based on soto/uchi that confuses people who don't know the culture (people you normally give respectful honorifics you suddenly call without any honorific in some situations) but I'll let you research that yourself so as not to cram too much information at once

My guess is that you also must take humor into account, one could call their partner in a formal style, as a little joke, which can make it endearing and personal in the same way the informal style does.

Teachers sometimes unify their students with kun That's an old and serious impression In that case, it may be used for women 👍

Druids are wuss. If you're going to do a magic-user, go for raw firepower.

Because she doesn't want everyone going crazy over her familt business?Obsessing over her as If she's Kim K?

Not everyone likes having their full name online.. especially because it makes it much easier to creep on people and similar.. so it can be straight up dangerous

No, not a western thing, and it's not limited to mangaka. Experienced artists in general are referred to as sensei. Think of composers, musicians, writers, painters, orchestra conductors etc.

Masters of their craft earn that honorrific. It's not limited to mangaka

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How your comment is two day ago while this video is out 46 min ago?

@@myokokoaung9857 Patreon.

You don't have clubs and such at school? What about at lunch time?

yeah i think it's the same with the us you are mostly segregated but with clubs you get to hang out with them