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Honorifics
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Chris
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The group pretty much don't use honorifics when refering to eachother since they're close. Masato refers to his sister as "oneesan," which means big sister, older sister, sister, whichever you want to call it. He never calls her by her name when speaking to her directly or usually when refering to her.
They do, however, add -san at the end of any character's names that they meet in the show (that's if they're good).
Harley taunts Haruka with "Meno-chan" which is basically saying "Little Meno." Meno coming from Menokurage.
Usually when Takeshi hits on random girls, he refers to them as "oneesan," which can also mean young lady.
The adults, like Adan, will refer to Satoshi as "Satoshi-kun," which is pretty much the same as -san but a slightly bit of more respect is placed in it when speaking to them.
They do, however, add -san at the end of any character's names that they meet in the show (that's if they're good).
Harley taunts Haruka with "Meno-chan" which is basically saying "Little Meno." Meno coming from Menokurage.
Usually when Takeshi hits on random girls, he refers to them as "oneesan," which can also mean young lady.
The adults, like Adan, will refer to Satoshi as "Satoshi-kun," which is pretty much the same as -san but a slightly bit of more respect is placed in it when speaking to them.
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I don't think there's a name suffix for jerks though so they use the typical adult suffix.
Do they do that for all the characters they meet, or only the adults? I've noticed that May sometimes doesn't use a suffix when talking to the other co-ordinators she meets. For instance, Wakana is just "Wakana", even though Wakana addresses her as "Haruka-san". I think May calls Timmy "Kimimaro" sans suffix, too (he, IIRC, addresses her as "Haruka-chan"). And Drew has always been "Shuu", although he used to call her "Haruka-kun" until he dropped the suffix in the Wynaut ep.
Harley, however, is always "Harley-san". I think May used "Grace-san" when speaking to her, too. Does anyone remember how she addressed Savannah, Kelly, Erika, Joshua, etc.?
Other fun use of suffixes I can think of is Harley's "Meno-/Kamo-chan" for May, "Musa-chan" for Jessie, "Noctus/Jupetta/Ariados-chan" for his Pokemon, and Wakana's "Shuu-sama"s.
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Like Alphonse and Edward in FMA, He always calls Ed "Nii-san" and never "Ed"Geodude said:
On topic, I watched the Yuzuriha converntion on BYoutube and I could have sworn Haruka only called Shuu "Shuu" never using an honorific. I dont think I heard an Honorific that whole episode
In most cases, they keep adding the suffix "-san" when talking to adults, no matter how long they've known them.
People that are around the main characters' age are usually addressed without any suffixes, but oddly enough, when those people address them, they often add a "-kun" or "-chan" to Ash & Co.'s names (sometimes even "-san", like in Wakana's case).
The only reason Ash called Anabel "Rira", instead of "Rira-san" is probably because he thought of her as a normal friend before it was revealed that she was actually a Frontier Brain (everyone of the group except him called her 'Rira-san'). Age doesn't matter in this case I think - if Ash knows right from the start that the person he's talking to is someone of a higher rank (Gym Leader/Frontier Brain), he'll always add the suffix "-san" to their names, simply because it's more polite. I don't know about Brock though - Ash knew he was a Gym Leader when he first met him, but I don't know whether he ever called him "Takeshi-san" or anything like that.
However, "-chan" can also be used when addressing some'thing'/someone you're fond of and/or find cute (Harley -> his Pokémon, and, sometimes, Jessie -> Dustox).
Kelly=Kanata
Erika and Joshua=Eriko and Toshiki
"-sama" is used very rarely, and if it is, it's usually used to express a character's worship for someone (Wakana calling Drew 'Shuu-sama', the reporters calling Tucker 'Hiisu-sama', etc.)
People that are around the main characters' age are usually addressed without any suffixes, but oddly enough, when those people address them, they often add a "-kun" or "-chan" to Ash & Co.'s names (sometimes even "-san", like in Wakana's case).
The only reason Ash called Anabel "Rira", instead of "Rira-san" is probably because he thought of her as a normal friend before it was revealed that she was actually a Frontier Brain (everyone of the group except him called her 'Rira-san'). Age doesn't matter in this case I think - if Ash knows right from the start that the person he's talking to is someone of a higher rank (Gym Leader/Frontier Brain), he'll always add the suffix "-san" to their names, simply because it's more polite. I don't know about Brock though - Ash knew he was a Gym Leader when he first met him, but I don't know whether he ever called him "Takeshi-san" or anything like that.
However, "-chan" can also be used when addressing some'thing'/someone you're fond of and/or find cute (Harley -> his Pokémon, and, sometimes, Jessie -> Dustox).
Savannah=Tsukiko-san
Kelly=Kanata
Erika and Joshua=Eriko and Toshiki
"-sama" is used very rarely, and if it is, it's usually used to express a character's worship for someone (Wakana calling Drew 'Shuu-sama', the reporters calling Tucker 'Hiisu-sama', etc.)
Chris
Old Coot
My mistake.Geodude said:
Had "onee-san" in mind at the moment since I originally intended to bring up Takeshi first.As for Harley, I haven't actually been keeping up with his appearances, so I couldn't exactly remember with Haruka calling him "Harley-san."
If I do remember correctly, Marina also refers to Wataru as "Wataru-sama." ..To which the dub translated as "FabuLance." x_X;;
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I think some little kids have called Satoshi and Kasumi that, though I could be wrong.
Kojiro, Musashi, and Nyasu don't use honorifics 'cause they're close, like Satoshi-tachi.
But they use '-sama' in reference to Sakaki 'cause he's their boss (when they refer to him by name- now they tend to just say boss.)
-chan's used for younger characters, girls, and pets. Harley using it on Musashi's... pretty weird considering she's probably older than him.
Musashi-tachi called him Harley-sensei in the alliance episodes (and even after in Kojiro's case, though he just says sensei. He can't seem to be able to remember his name. He's always either calling him Ariados-tsuki/Noctus-tsukai or sensei or something even vaguer. xD
Harley calls everybody and everything (his Pokemon plus his food) except for Senri, whom he he calls Senri-sama, and Shuu, who is Shuu-kun.
These Wikipedia articles are pretty helpful with their meanings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_suffixes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_titles
>>>Although traditionally honorifics are not applied to oneself, some young women occasionally develop the habit of referring to themselves in the third person using chan.
Miyamoto does that. She calls herself Miyamoto-chan. xD
The old couple in the Manene episode called Kojiro something ending in -chama if I remember correctly.
Mondo calls Kojiro and Musashi senpai too, methinks. Though, depite Wiki saying it's used only for boys, I've seen plenty of girls in anime refered to as kun. xD
Faiyaa Kojiro (Moltres James!) refered to himself as ore-sama. xD
Kojiro, Musashi, and Nyasu don't use honorifics 'cause they're close, like Satoshi-tachi.
But they use '-sama' in reference to Sakaki 'cause he's their boss (when they refer to him by name- now they tend to just say boss.)
-chan's used for younger characters, girls, and pets. Harley using it on Musashi's... pretty weird considering she's probably older than him.
Musashi-tachi called him Harley-sensei in the alliance episodes (and even after in Kojiro's case, though he just says sensei. He can't seem to be able to remember his name. He's always either calling him Ariados-tsuki/Noctus-tsukai or sensei or something even vaguer. xD
Harley calls everybody and everything (his Pokemon plus his food) except for Senri, whom he he calls Senri-sama, and Shuu, who is Shuu-kun.
These Wikipedia articles are pretty helpful with their meanings:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_suffixes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_titles
>>>Although traditionally honorifics are not applied to oneself, some young women occasionally develop the habit of referring to themselves in the third person using chan.
Miyamoto does that. She calls herself Miyamoto-chan. xD
The old couple in the Manene episode called Kojiro something ending in -chama if I remember correctly.
Mondo calls Kojiro and Musashi senpai too, methinks. Though, depite Wiki saying it's used only for boys, I've seen plenty of girls in anime refered to as kun. xD
Faiyaa Kojiro (Moltres James!) refered to himself as ore-sama. xD
Korobooshi Kojiro
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Id like too mention, I believe it can also be used when talking to older girls who are non-blood related.
A Filler kid in a DP episode referred to Hikari as that, leading people too jump too crazy conclusions...-_-
Also, dunno if it counts, but TR call the Ash Jari-boy(sp?), which means "Rude" or, I believe "Twerp" would be appropiate.
Of course, some people still think they call him Charlie Boy...-_-
Cobalt_Latios
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While were on this particular topic, does the "Dan" in Rocketto-dan have an honorific thing? or is it team in japanese? Just a quick question.
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BattleFranky~40
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I believe dan means "gang"
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Come to think of it, have they *ever* called him by name?
Is anyone refered to as -dono? The only series I've ever heard that used in is El Hazard.
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