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さん [ichi1]

[suf] [hon,fam]
《after a person's name (or position, etc.)》
▶ Mr
▶ Mrs
▶ Miss
▶ Ms
▶ -san

Cross references:
	⇒ see: 1545790 様【さま】 1. Mr; Mrs; Miss; Ms
	⇐ see: 2130480 はん 1. Mr; Mrs; Ms; -san

[suf] [pol]
《usu. after a noun or sometimes na-adjective》
▶ [expl] politeness marker

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 2767930 ありがとさん 1. thank you; thanks a lot

History:

11.	A 2025-11-26 09:53:22 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I'd prefer to have an xref from the 様・さま entry (which I've added.) I've never seen さん written as 様, also we have 694 example sentences indexed to さん and I can't possibly reindex them all to 様/さん. Removing the (AmE) periods from Mr, Mrs, etc. to align with style of the other entries using these glosses.
	Diff:	@@ -4,4 +3,0 @@ -<k_ele> -<keb>様</keb> -<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> -</k_ele> @@ -18,2 +14,2 @@ -<gloss>Mr.</gloss> -<gloss>Mrs.</gloss> +<gloss>Mr</gloss> +<gloss>Mrs</gloss> @@ -21 +17 @@ -<gloss>Ms.</gloss> +<gloss>Ms</gloss>
10.	A* 2025-11-25 20:13:49 Sombrero1
	Comments:	Etymological relation alone is usually not a basis for inclusion as a form, but I think it does scrape by here. 様：さん gets 3 hits in the BCCWJ and 4 in the SHC (of course way more in the CHJ but that's to be expected). Together with being listed as headword in Nikkoku for さん it should be fine as an [sK]
9.	A* 2025-11-25 16:14:50 Ronokof <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	https://crd.ndl.go.jp/reference/entry/index.php?id=1000217254&page=ref_view
	Comments:	"さん" was etymologically/historically derived from "様　（さま）" and I think it is worth adding it as a search-only form.
	Diff:	@@ -3,0 +4,4 @@ +<k_ele> +<keb>様</keb> +<ke_inf>&sK;</ke_inf> +</k_ele>
8.	A 2019-07-24 20:18:36 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -23 +23 @@ -<s_inf>after a noun or sometimes na-adjective</s_inf> +<s_inf>usu. after a noun or sometimes na-adjective</s_inf>
7.	A* 2019-07-24 10:43:35
	Comments:	Not always (or even usu.) prefixed お or ごありがとうさんゴキブリさん　ブロッコリーさん
	Diff:	@@ -23 +23 @@ -<s_inf>usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご- in fixed expressions; makes words more polite</s_inf> +<s_inf>after a noun or sometimes na-adjective</s_inf>
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6.	A 2018-05-23 05:57:12 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I'd be happy with "[expl]politeness marker". I'll make it that for now.
	Diff:	@@ -24 +24 @@ -<gloss>politeness marker</gloss> +<gloss g_type="expl">politeness marker</gloss>
5.	A* 2018-05-23 01:17:17 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I moved "makes words more polite" to the note, where I think it belongs, while I guess I entered "politeness marker" as a temporary stopgap ready to be deleted if we should begin to allow glossless entries. It's kind of pointless having both though, of course.
4.	A* 2018-05-23 01:05:40 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	seeing as we can't, isn't "makes words more polite" a clearer gloss than "politeness marker"?
3.	A* 2018-05-21 13:42:33 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	gg5 doesn't bother trying to come up with a translation for sense 2. Wish we had that as an option too.
	Diff:	@@ -22 +21,0 @@ -<xref type="see" seq="1005040">ご苦労さん</xref> @@ -24,2 +23,2 @@ -<s_inf>usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-</s_inf> -<gloss>makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)</gloss> +<s_inf>usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご- in fixed expressions; makes words more polite</s_inf> +<gloss>politeness marker</gloss>
2.	A 2013-02-06 00:56:20 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1.	A* 2013-02-06 00:00:38 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	koj, daij, etc.
	Comments:	synching with さま
	Diff:	@@ -10,1 +10,9 @@ -<gloss>Mr, Mrs, Miss or Ms</gloss> +<xref type="see" seq="1545790">様・さま・1</xref> +<misc>&hon;</misc> +<misc>&fam;</misc> +<s_inf>after a person's name (or position, etc.)</s_inf> +<gloss>Mr.</gloss> +<gloss>Mrs.</gloss> +<gloss>Miss</gloss> +<gloss>Ms.</gloss> +<gloss>-san</gloss> @@ -14,1 +22,4 @@ -<gloss>honorific used with occupational titles</gloss> +<xref type="see" seq="1005040">ご苦労さん</xref> +<misc>&pol;</misc> +<s_inf>usu. after a noun or na-adjective prefixed with お- or ご-</s_inf> +<gloss>makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)</gloss>

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