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犬夜叉の辞書 (inuyasha no jisho)! I wanted to go more in depth than usual dictionaries you'll find on similar sites. I have include romanji, and kanji of the word listed. I hope that you find this more useful than just listing romanji. Please note that there are many varaions of one word, such as "anata". There are many Kanji variations of one word, such as "arigatou gozaimasu". I have tried to list what is relevant and from what I can tell, most used and written with in Japanese.

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P H R A S E S

Name Suffixes

-chan -- Used between friends or with someone younger than you. Generally a friendly suffix such as "Shippou-chan" as Kagome calls Shippou. Used between boyfriends and girlfriends.

-kun -- Generally used for males, but can be used for females too. Some who's close to you as a friend. Kagome calls Kouga "Kouga-kun" to show how she's friendly with him.

-san -- Polite and formal. Used for someone at the same position as you or higher. You would use this with strangers if you didn't know them well. Basically means "Ms,Mrs,Mr., or Mrs."

-sama -- Very high respect. Used when speaking about gods or emperor/kings.

-sensei -- Originally means "born earlier than me". Usually used towards your master, teacher, or some wise in the literature and art.

onee-chan/san/sama -- What you would call your sister.

onii-chan/san/sama -- What you would call your brother.

jii-chan/san/sama -- grandfather