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-san

-san suffix: honorific ending used to indicate that a person is Japanese, talking with a Japanese, or treated like a Japanese.

Suffix

-san (proper noun-forming suffix)

  1. (informal, chiefly Japanophilic slang) Honorific ending used to indicate that a person is Japanese, talking with a Japanese, or treated like a Japanese.

-san meaning in Thai

-san in Thai

Japanese honorific ending
ซัง sang

Origin of -san

Borrowed from Japanese さん (san, “Mr, Ms”).

Questions about -san

What does -san mean?
-san means honorific ending used to indicate that a person is Japanese, talking with a Japanese, or treated like a Japanese.
What is -san in Thai?
-san in Thai is ซัง (sang). See -san meaning in Thai.
What part of speech is -san?
-san is a suffix.

Words near -san in the dictionary

  1. -sal-
  2. -salan
  3. -salazide
  4. -salazine
  5. -sama
  6. -san
  7. -sartan
  8. -sauce
  9. -saur
  10. -sauras
  11. -sauri

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