Japanese honorifics

Rare card · No. 27362

The Japanese language makes use of a system of honorific speech, called keishō (敬称), which includes very honorific suffixes and prefixes when talking, or referring, to others in a conversation. Suffixes are often gender-specific at the end of names, while prefixes are attached to the beginning of many nouns. Honorific affixes also indicate the speaker's social status and their relationship with the listener, and are often used alongside other components of Japanese honorific speech. Honorific suffixes are generally used when referring to the person someone is talking to or about, but not when referring to oneself. The omission of affixes indicates that the speaker has known the addressee for a while, or that the listener joined the company or school at the same time or later.

Read on Wikipedia