くん
Meanings
Suffix
1. Mr (junior); master; boy
Kanji used
young master
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (46 in total)
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
lord; master
ruler; monarch; sovereign
one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)
tyrant; despot
man of virtue; wise man; person of high rank; the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)
you (primarily used by men in letters to their equals or inferiors)
one's wife; wife (of somebody below the speaker in rank)
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
benevolent ruler
ruler and ruled; master and servant
one's deceased lord
wise ruler; enlightened monarch; benevolent lord
foolish ruler
the orders of one's ruler
proximity of a monarch or lord
the person heretofore mentioned; that person
previous ruler; ancestors
use of the familiar address "kun"; treating someone with familiarity
sovereign; ruler
two people; two monarchs; two rulers
young lord or master
young man; boy; son (of one's master, employer, etc.); husband; (male) lover; dear
two masters
the favor of one's ruler (favour)
the favor of one's ruler (favour)
loyalty to one's ruler
man who drives a woman around for free; man used by a woman for his car
liege lord; shogunate
someone's father; one's companion
monarch and subjects
Daewongun (honorary title for the father of the king in Joseon-era Korea; esp. in ref. to Heungseon Daewongun, father of Emperor Gojong)
beautiful women
man who is easily compelled into giving a woman gifts; man only used to receive gifts from
eccentric young man
head of the house
man who drives a woman around for free; man used by a woman for his car
attention seeker; look-at-me
man used by a woman to pay for her meals
your honored father; your honoured father
stupid ruler
someone who asks others for answers without first researching by himself
man only used to receive meals from; man who always pays for food
a country ruled by a prince or by a monarch with another title considered to fall under the generic meaning of the term prince
monarchical sovereignty
Examples (16 in total)
Toshio, who do you like?
That's Tony's book.
Kenji is a tennis player.