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About Japanese language?
why after saying someones name you also hear Japanese saying 'San' or 'Sama'
is that there version of sir or mis.
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- 9 years agoFavorite Answer
There's different levels of politeness in japanese, and adding -san or -sama is a way of showing respect to someone else.
For example someone you know but are not friends with yet or just have a lot of respect, you'd say
[insert name here]-san
If you're buying something in a shop they'd call you O-kyaku-sama, where kyaku means customer and then there's the prefix "O-" and suffix "-sama" which together mean they're being very polite to the customer and respect him.
