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Thus "specific circumstances". But that's quite rare to hear for adult males, and only from a limited set of people in that person's entourage.
by glandium 4y ago
Thus "specific circumstances". But that's quite rare to hear for adult males, and only from a limited set of people in that person's entourage.
- Tor3 4y agoThere's no way I can pull up statistics, I only have my own experience to rely on. I know a couple of men in their sixties who only go by -chan, except in formal situations. And one woman who hates her given name so much that she only goes by a different -chan name, strangers and friends alike. As for "おばちゃん" about middle-aged women you happens to know, from what I see it's quite common to address nearby and not-so-nearby neighbours that way, though it may depend on where in the country you are, as is the case for so many practices elsewhere. As for -chan in general, with my wife's rather large network of friends and others which I have observed over the years, it starts out with -san but over time it always migrate to -chan, as their friendships grow closer, at nearly 100% for women and quite a few of the men too. And completely age independent. It's true that using -chan at the start is definitely a young person thing, but as described above it's not limited to that - it's just that if you don't know someone you only use it with children, or at least someone quite a bit younger than you. But there's no age limitation per se in it.
- eloisant 4y agoIt's not really an age limitation, but it's much easier to use "chan" for kids. Basically -chan for girls and -kun for boys is used pretty much automatically for smaller kids, even if you meet them for the first time. For adults it's more complex, it depends how close you are, how that person is used to be called among family/close friends, etc.