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Author Message   Anonymous Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2005 - 07:59 am:    I wonder how to use chan, kun and san after someone's name. What difference between them? What kind of person can I use these words with? Can you give examples in japanese?   Cameron Fenner Posted on Wednesday, March 23, 2005 - 12:49 am:    -san is similar to Mr./Mrs. It can be used for anybody, but especially for superiors and people you don't know. -chan is used when addressing children or friends. Children might also use this in place of san (chan originates as a young child's way of saying san), but as an older person, you should never use it for a superior or for a stranger. -kun is a less formal version of san, and so is never used for superiors. Friends might call each other kun, and you might call a younger person kun. Girls don't call each other kun, though. I'm not sure what kind of Japanese examples you would be looking for for this.