OK...Real Japanese Linguists...A Question?!
Question: OK!.!.!.Real Japanese Linguists!.!.!.A Question!?
I am somewhat fluent in Japanese, but I often miss nuances!. For example:
In Aishiteruze Baby, when Kokoro shows romantic interest in Kippei for the first time!. He calls her Kokoro-chan and hugs her!.!.!.getting more amorous, he calls her Kokoro-chin and she turns around, breaks the embrace, and slugs him!. Is the chin suffix just diminuative and an expression of affection!.!.!.or does it suggest that he is treating her like a child!? Help!Www@Enter-QA@Com
In Aishiteruze Baby, when Kokoro shows romantic interest in Kippei for the first time!. He calls her Kokoro-chan and hugs her!.!.!.getting more amorous, he calls her Kokoro-chin and she turns around, breaks the embrace, and slugs him!. Is the chin suffix just diminuative and an expression of affection!.!.!.or does it suggest that he is treating her like a child!? Help!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
Chan is a dimuitive term used to speak to people 'below' you, like children and female family members!. It may also be used towards animals, close or best friends, and people whom one has known since childhood!. Chan is used as a term of endearment, especially for girls,before adulthood!. Parents will probably always call their daughters chan and their sons kun, though chan can be used towards boys just as easily!. Adult females may use chan as a term of endearment to women with whom they are on close terms/best friends with!.
Chan can be considered a feminine mode of speech in that it is used mainly by, or towards, females!. "Pet names" are often made by attaching chan to a truncated stem of a name!. This implies even greater intimacy than simply attaching it to the full name!. So for example, a pet rabbit (usagi) might be called usa-chan rather than usagi-chan!.
Playful variations of chan include 'chin'!. 'tan' and 'chama'!. Chin and tan are mispronunciations most often attributed to small children and are thus perceived as baby talk, hence their association with cuteness—though "chin" can also be used to give a character a slightly delinquent, psychotic feel—especially if the character speaking is older, and still using it to address people they nominally respect or care for!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Chan can be considered a feminine mode of speech in that it is used mainly by, or towards, females!. "Pet names" are often made by attaching chan to a truncated stem of a name!. This implies even greater intimacy than simply attaching it to the full name!. So for example, a pet rabbit (usagi) might be called usa-chan rather than usagi-chan!.
Playful variations of chan include 'chin'!. 'tan' and 'chama'!. Chin and tan are mispronunciations most often attributed to small children and are thus perceived as baby talk, hence their association with cuteness—though "chin" can also be used to give a character a slightly delinquent, psychotic feel—especially if the character speaking is older, and still using it to address people they nominally respect or care for!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
The chin suffix should be suggesting that he is treating her like a child!. Im pretty sure that the suffix "chin" have no whatsoever an expression of affection!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Sounds like the kid one!. If that was me I'd punch him!.Www@Enter-QA@Com