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go-hōbi reward, prize
o-bon tray
o-cha tea
o-kane money
o-naka stomach
o-kashi pastry, sweets
o-tsuri change
o-yu hot water
9.5. Honorific suffixes for people’s names
There are two honorific suffixes for people’s names: -san and
-sama. The latter is a formal variant of the former, usually
restricted to certain set expressions. The suffix -san is widely
used with names (= Mr., Miss, Ms., Mrs.), kinship terms,
occupations, and other nouns referring to people. In more
formal speech, -sama sometimes replaces -san in these
terms. In more intimate speech, -chan is heard.
Tanaka-san Mr. Tanaka
