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09-12-2008, 11:32 AM

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Originally Posted by MMM View Post
There are plenty of boys who are ~chan. Even in adult-hood.

I knew a Kin-chan who was a businessman at least twice my age.

There is no easy answer to this question.
There really is no straight answer, but there are safe answers.

In reality, people call others by a big range of things.

When I was in high school, here in Japan, there were people in the class who everyone called by their family name with -san, all the way to people who were called by some nickname. It really varies a lot depending on the person.

As a more recent example, my husband is called by an incredible range even within his company. There are bosses who call him with -chan, and people lower than him who use -kun, etc. The only thing I`ve NEVER heard is flat out 呼び捨て (nothing on the end)


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