What dose this mean, when you see this at the end of their names: Steven-San or Steven-Chan or Steven-Kun. (Yes Steven is my real name.)

Chan
San
Kun


P.S.If there's anything else I'm missing please tell me. Thanks

If you don't know what it means, why do you use it in your own username? :huh:
Anyway.. in Japanese culture, you add a suffix to somebody's name depending on their status, or if you admire them or think of them as inferior to you. You don't add a suffix if you're close friends with somebody.
Chan - is used for children
San - pretty much the same as "mr" and "mrs" and "miss", used for somebody superior to you
Kun - Used for boys, and amongst male friends.

There are others, such as sensei - used for medical doctors, MPs and teachers; sama - used for people reeeally superior to you. And -dono which is ultimate superiority... I think, lol. Sama and dono aren't used a lot.

I know another one: -Senpai. I think it's used for people with more experience, wisdom or knowledge

i think senpai is someone who's in the same field as you but higher up. like an upper class man or say if your a trainee and they're fully qualified.
but then you have things like sama which is used for people of high position.

the one i dont understand is dono

Oh yeah, d'uh, forgot senpai, haha.

If you don't know what it means, why do you use it in your own username? :huh:
Anyway.. in Japanese culture, you add a suffix to somebody's name depending on their status, or if you admire them or think of them as inferior to you. You don't add a suffix if you're close friends with somebody.
Chan - is used for children
San - pretty much the same as "mr" and "mrs" and "miss", used for somebody superior to you
Kun - Used for boys, and amongst male friends.

There are others, such as sensei - used for medical doctors, MPs and teachers; sama - used for people reeeally superior to you. And -dono which is ultimate superiority... I think, lol. Sama and dono aren't used a lot.

You're wrong about -chan. It's used for children, yes, but also for close friends or lovers.

-san isn't for people who are superior to you, it's more of a neutral suffix. You also use it for people who are equal to you and I think it's used to show general respect. People you don't know very well are -san, but your classmates could also be -san.

-kun is mostly used for boys, and sometimes for girls (although rarely). It's usually used for younger (and thus inferior) people or for male friends.

- Sensei is a teacher.

- Sempai/Senpai is someone who's socially superior to you, like an upperclassman or a senior in a company.

- Kohai is the opposite of sempai

- Sama/ -Dono are suffixes for people who are very much superior to you, like kings, queens and Gods. Dono is an older form and nowadays Sama is more commonly used.

I think that covers most common suffixes :mellow:

The honoraries can also be used for making nicknames for people close to you (Classmates, Workers, and Family(sp?)). It is more common for girls to give them to others, but guys have been known to give them to others as well.

A few of them:
-ki
-ni
-ran
-tan
-pan
-pu
-puu
-chin
-suke

(I'm not certain about the following ones)
-Sen
-Ten
-Men
-Ren

Some that are derogatory are:
-kusui (to note a person as undesirable)
-kuso (similar to saying shit)
-tare (Not quite certain what this one means, but I think it is to say that an action they do is undesireable, like prostitution)

I don't think those are official suffixes though.

you can also call a best friend/ soulmate koi

So in theory I could refer to a certain poster on this forum as "Ran-Tan-san" or "Ran-Tan-tan"? :shifty: (Just kidding, R-T! :heh: )

Inuchan-chan XD

I don't think those are official suffixes though.

They're strictly for making nicknames so they are not the offical Honoraries.