{"id":23795,"date":"2018-01-12T18:19:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T10:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en-news.qoo-app.com\/?p=23795"},"modified":"2019-11-05T18:45:11","modified_gmt":"2019-11-05T10:45:11","slug":"qoopedia-japanese-honorificssuffix-in-anime-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.qoo-app.com\/en\/post\/23795\/qoopedia-japanese-honorificssuffix-in-anime-part-2","title":{"rendered":"[QooPedia] Japanese Honorifics\/Suffix in Anime Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In Part 1, we covered the common honorifics in the Japanese language, in Part 2, we’ll be taking a look at some other honorifics that are commonly seen in anime.<\/p>\n

Senpai (\u5148\u8f29)<\/h4>\n

As mentioned in Part 1, Senpai is used to address an elder in school or at work. In a school situation, Senpai will be used by lower grade students addressing a student of a higher year. At work, senpai is used typically for those with more experience in the industry. The opposite of Senpai is Kouhai, but that is rarely used as a suffix.<\/p>\n

Sensei (\u5148\u751f)<\/h4>\n

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Sensei is most commonly used when addressing a teacher at school, but it is not completely exclusive to that scenario. Sensei is also used to address doctors, lawyers, and sometimes other authority figures including politicians.<\/p>\n

Hakase (\u535a\u58eb)<\/h4>\n

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Hakase is similar to “professor”. It is used to address someone with high academic expertise.<\/p>\n

Shisho (\u5e2b\u5320)<\/h4>\n

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Shisho is a title that is used for students to call their teachers, usually martial arts related.<\/p>\n

Dono (\u6bbf)<\/h4>\n

Roughly translates to lord or master, used for a person with high social standing but not a noble. The difference between dono and sama is hard clearly define. The general difference is that dono\u00a0is a rather old vocabulary which is rarely used in modern days. Modern day use of dono\u00a0would be if you were writing a formal letter to someone of the same social status or lower. In anime, most characters with a historic Japanese era will typically use dono, stereotypically samurais.<\/p>\n

Heika (\u965b\u4e0b)<\/h4>\n

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Your Majesty. Used exclusively for the king\/emperor of a country.<\/p>\n

Denka (\u6bbf\u4e0b)<\/h4>\n

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Your Highness, Royal family but not the ruler: prince, princess etc.<\/p>\n

Kakka (\u95a3\u4e0b)<\/h4>\n

Your Excellency. This is usually used for high ranking government officials or army generals.<\/p>\n

Are there any more you’re interested in learning? Seen or heard something you want to know more from anime? Let us know, maybe we can help you learn more!<\/p>\n

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