diminutive/affectionate name suffixes (~ちゃん/~くん/~たろう)

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Name-attaching diminutive or affectionate suffixes: ~ちゃん (softly affectionate, especially for children and close friends), ~くん (masculine or junior-directed), ~たろう (playful, folktale-like). All signal warmth, closeness, or down-speaking relative to the neutral ~さん, and carry information about the speaker's stance toward the addressee.

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