くん
Meanings
Suffix
1. Mr; master; boy
after the name of a male of equal or lower status
2. Ms; miss
after the name of a female of lower status; used by males in formal settings
3. sir; madam
still used among members of the Japanese Diet
Pitch accent
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Top 1800
Used in vocabulary (51 in total)
young lord or master
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
sovereign; ruler
two masters
what name (esp. of a young male)
man who is easily compelled into giving a woman gifts; man only used to receive gifts from
tyrant; despot
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
(another's) husband
use of the familiar address "kun"; treating someone with familiarity
attention seeker; look-at-me
(one's) wife; wife (of a peer or subordinate)
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
man who drives a woman around for free; man used by a woman for his car
Gekiochi-kun (melamine foam sponge sold by LEC)
what name (esp. of a young male)
loyalty to one's ruler
backup boyfriend; man kept as a backup marriage partner
great ruler; noble monarch; deified sovereign; posthumous title for Tokugawa Ieyasu
young man; boy; son (of one's master, employer, etc.); husband; (male) lover; dear
two people; two monarchs; two rulers
the favor of one's ruler (favour)
eccentric young man
head of the house
someone who asks others for answers without first researching by himself
lord; master
monarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
benevolent ruler
ruler and ruled; master and servant
one's deceased lord
foolish ruler
the orders of one's ruler
the person heretofore mentioned; that person
previous lord; late lord; (one's) late father; ancestor
proximity of a monarch or lord
monarch; shogun (of the Tokugawa government)
the favor of one's ruler (favour)
someone's father; one's companion
monarch and subjects
beautiful women
Daewongun (honorary title for the father of the king in Joseon-era Korea; esp. in ref. to Heungseon Daewongun, father of Emperor Gojong)
eccentric young man
Gekiochi-kun (melamine foam sponge sold by LEC)
your father
stupid ruler
man used by a woman to pay for her meals
former lord
man only used to receive meals from; man who always pays for food
monarchical sovereignty
a country ruled by a prince or by a monarch with another title considered to fall under the generic meaning of the term prince
Examples (18 in total)
Toshio, who do you like?
That's Tony's book.
Tony is a fast runner.