06-19-2008, 05:26 AM
During my 2 year stint in Japan (although I was mainly around adults 25+) I never once heard an adult Japanese national refer to another with the "chan" attachment. Not once. They either used -san or nothing at all. Mind you, this was mostly within a casual environment as I did not possess the Japanese ability to understand professional conversations.
I did hear women refer to their close male friends with "kun" however.
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