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Originally Posted by llewyn
chan: Is used with boys or girls that are close to you. using it towards girls just means they`re your friend. Also oneechan and oniichan are used to describe young adult boys and girls and doesn`t really have a bad image unless you use the wrong tone or are obviously talking down to them. oneechan and oniichan also mean sister and brother just in the fonder form
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I wouldn't say "onee-chan" to a young woman I didn't know unless I was considering propositioning her. If I were going to use that phrase to address a boy or girl I didn't know, I would add "san" instead of "chan", though, as a foreigner, I probably wouldn't use it at all.