A small study in Japanese Honorifics
Humble - humble form (lowering), exalted (raising)
Father - chichi, otosan (long o)
Mother - haha, okasan (long a)
Older Brother - ani, onisan (long i)
Younger Brother - ototo, ototosan (long o)
Older Sister - ane, onesan
Younger Sister - imoto, imotosan
Parents - ryoshin (long o), go-ryoshin (long o)
Husband shujin (lit. my lord), go-shujin
Wife - kanai, okusama or okusan polite and most commonly used as with any word in this column, sama can be exchanged for san can be exchanged for chan and chama as well in any case where you express exaltedness. This lense is part 2 of a two part series, see its sister lense here Japanetics
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