"-kun" meaning in English

See -kun in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

Etymology: Borrowed from Japanese くん (kun). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|ja|-}} Borrowed from Japanese, {{ja-r|くん}} くん (kun) Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=proper noun-forming suffixes|cat3=|cat4=|head=|id=}} -kun, {{en-suffix|cat2=proper noun-forming suffixes}} -kun
  1. (anime and manga fandom) Appended to a young man's name or nickname to indicate familiarity. Tags: morpheme Coordinate_terms: -chan, -san Translations (nominal affix indicating familiarity): (-jūn) (Chinese Mandarin), (-jùn) (Chinese Mandarin), くん (-kun) (Japanese), (kun) (alt: くん) [literary] (Japanese), (gun) (Korean), -кун (-kun) (Russian), คุง (kung) (Thai), -кун (-kun) (Ukrainian)
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Download raw JSONL data for -kun meaning in English (2.7kB)

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  "path": [
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  ],
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  "subsection": "suffix",
  "title": "-kun",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: anime and manga fandom",
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  ],
  "section": "English",
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