Pressure Posted October 28, 2001 Share Posted October 28, 2001 Okay... these ending have been annoying me becuz i cant figure out when to use them and how... Like -san, -son, -kun Just 4 examples sake... Son Gokou Gokou-san Gokou-kun ChiChi-sama Gohan-chan what do they all mean and when do i use them or not use them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBZM_Brolly Posted October 28, 2001 Share Posted October 28, 2001 I think you should ask transtic nerve that. He should know. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*GaLxY-GiRl* Posted October 28, 2001 Share Posted October 28, 2001 [color=royal-blue]Extracted from my very limited knowledge of Japanese culture...... -[i]chan[/i]- someone around your own age. [i]Son-[/i] Mr. "_______" (Goku in this case.) [i]-sama-[/i] someone you have respect for; a prince(ie: Vegeta.) :box:[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Macaiodh Posted October 28, 2001 Share Posted October 28, 2001 actually, chan means "dear"---i.e. veggie-chan=veggie-dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pikeon Posted October 28, 2001 Share Posted October 28, 2001 I suggest you ask Sephiroth he is partial japenese (from what i hear) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navi Posted October 28, 2001 Share Posted October 28, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by DBZChikaGhan [/i] [B]Okay... these ending have been annoying me becuz i cant figure out when to use them and how... Like -san, -son, -kun Just 4 examples sake... Son Gokou Gokou-san Gokou-kun ChiChi-sama Gohan-chan what do they all mean and when do i use them or not use them? [/B][/QUOTE] :smirk: The reason they use son is because Goku's grandpa was called Goku also. So to tell the difference they added son. It's not Japanese though. San holds respect. Used for people around your age or above that you may not know so well. Kun is used for males and [i]only[/i] males. You cannot call your girl friend ____kun. Sama is Mr/Ms. No, it is not Mr. Kami. Kami-sama means God in Japanese. Chan is usually used with female friends. Or when youre talking to children. Or when little children address each other. Boyfriends and girlfriends and lovers can use chan to come up with cutesy names for each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transtic Nerve Posted October 28, 2001 Share Posted October 28, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Navi [/i] [B] :smirk: The reason they use son is because Goku's grandpa was called Goku also. So to tell the difference they added son. It's not Japanese though. San holds respect. Used for people around your age or above that you may not know so well. Kun is used for males and [i]only[/i] males. You cannot call your girl friend ____kun. Sama is Mr/Ms. No, it is not Mr. Kami. Kami-sama means God in Japanese. Chan is usually used with female friends. Or when youre talking to children. Or when little children address each other. Boyfriends and girlfriends and lovers can use chan to come up with cutesy names for each other. [/B][/QUOTE] To add more to that... Gokou's grandpa's name was Gohan, not Gokou. Anyway, as I've said in the past, traditionally, the Japanese last name is said before the first name. (ie: Hamasaki Ayumi... Ayumi being the first name, Hamasaki being the last).... Son is simply Gokou's last name. Hence why his son's are Son Gohan, and Son Goten.... it's just Gokou's last name. As she said, -san holds respect... whether it be female, male, kid, whatever... it's just a thing. Kun is used for males, and in particualr boys. it generally is used to denote a boy, or someone younger... Junior... in DB, Bulma refers to Gokou as "Son-kun"... Son being his last name followed by the suffix -kun to denote he's a boy or younger... Sama is often refered to as "Lord, Master, someone of higher authority" whether it be a man or woman. also refers to Mr. and Mrs in a total respective view... they are older, wise, stronger, smarter... etc... Yeah... Navi said basically everything for chan... It's a feminine term used to denote feminity most of the time. By no means, as she stated, does it refer to ONLY females... it's cute :) Kawaii! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolkam007 Posted October 28, 2001 Share Posted October 28, 2001 i'v been called cammy-chan ^_^ hehe.. i thought about using that as my s/n.. but i though.. 'naw.. i'll just stick to tradition' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navi Posted October 28, 2001 Share Posted October 28, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Transtic Nerve [/i] [B]Gokou's grandpa's name was Gohan, not Gokou. -[/B][/QUOTE] ahh, i just realized that. bad me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turkey Posted October 28, 2001 Share Posted October 28, 2001 :eek: No wonder Japanese people give me weird stares! I called girls -kun and older men -chan!:nervous: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transtic Nerve Posted October 29, 2001 Share Posted October 29, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by coolkam007 [/i] [B]i'v been called cammy-chan ^_^ hehe.. i thought about using that as my s/n.. but i though.. 'naw.. i'll just stick to tradition' [/B][/QUOTE] Alex called me Ryu-chan... I find it tooooo cute :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolkam007 Posted October 29, 2001 Share Posted October 29, 2001 awe ^_^ that is cute.. reminds me of my neopet.. kinda.. o-O;; before he got transformed into a friggen stoopid Meerca.. ¬_¬;; .. can i call ya C-chan? ^^ or maybe Ryu-chan.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transtic Nerve Posted October 29, 2001 Share Posted October 29, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by coolkam007 [/i] [B]awe ^_^ that is cute.. reminds me of my neopet.. kinda.. o-O;; before he got transformed into a friggen stoopid Meerca.. ¬_¬;; .. can i call ya C-chan? ^^ or maybe Ryu-chan.. [/B][/QUOTE] Only Alex can call me Ryu-chan.... however anything else you can call me if you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolkam007 Posted October 29, 2001 Share Posted October 29, 2001 ok then billy-jean-joe-bob-chan ^_^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegitto4 Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 ok, i have heard the term baka on the boards, and i dont exactly know what it means, i have an idea, but i am not sure. anybody wanna give me a hand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sephiroth Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Pikeon [/i] [B]I suggest you ask Sephiroth he is partial japenese (from what i hear) [/B][/QUOTE] heh heh, no, I am not partial japanese, I don't even have any japanese blood in me, I just know a lot of words.... I think transtic is the most knowledgable japanese speaker on the boards.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coolkam007 Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 baka means stupid/idiot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegitto4 Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by coolkam007 [/i] [B]baka means stupid/idiot [/B][/QUOTE] thanks coolkam. I have seen that all over and it was really bugging me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Macaiodh Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 you can find a dbz japanese dictionary here:[URL=http://www.geocities.com/ladymalibu2k/DBZDictionary.html]dbz_dictionary[/URL] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegitto4 Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Lady Macaiodh [/i] [B]you can find a dbz japanese dictionary here:[URL=http://www.geocities.com/ladymalibu2k/DBZDictionary.html]dbz_dictionary[/URL] [/B][/QUOTE] I will have to use that**thinks.......** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibatku Posted October 30, 2001 Share Posted October 30, 2001 Well now I know some of the words on it well the japenese version at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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