List: familiar language

Words and expressions used orally with friends and family.

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おっさん   ossan

Popular 

  • middle-aged man
  • Buddhist priest

お兄ちゃん  おにいちゃん oniichan

  • (one's) older brother
  • lad, sonny

お巡りさん  おまわりさん omawarisan

Popular  JLPT-5 

  • police officer

お前  おまえ omae

Popular  JLPT-3 

  • you
  • presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)

さん   san

Popular  JLPT-5 

  • Mr., Mrs., Miss, Ms., -san
  • politeness marker

ちゃん   chan

Popular  JLPT-4 

  • suffix for familiar person

我が身  わがみ wagami

Popular 

  • myself, oneself
  • I, me
  • you (referring to one's inferior)

君  きみ kimi

Popular  JLPT-4 

  • you, buddy, pal
  • monarch, ruler, sovereign, (one's) master

君たち  きみたち kimitachi

Popular 

  • you (plural), all of you, you all

兄貴  あにき aniki

Popular 

  • elder brother
  • one's senior
  • older man, man older than oneself