Honorifics
Yes, me again <.<;;;;;;;;;;;; I'm sorry, I must be getting quite irritating. (Sadly I don't have access to my college library anymore, and my local library is not so well-stocked on the type of info I need, so this is my go-to place for info. Google's good for some things but not so much for others.)
As the title of the entry says, I need honorifics that would be used in the Early Edo era (1630s or thereabouts). I've run across a couple different sites the list the same honorifics (-san, -sama, -chan, -dono, sensei, sempai, -ue, etc), but give conflicting information about them...one site says -dono is between -san and -sama in level of respect, while another says it's actually higher than -sama, and that -san and -sama are recent inventions. o.O
Since I have a variety of characters social class-wise, a comprehensive list of honorifics would be the most helpful, though here are some specific instances:
-What to call an adult male who has basically just saved your and your sibling's life, but whose name you don't know. This can be ultra-formal/respectful; the character is extremely and self-consciously polite. I was thinking O-sama or O-dono, based on the information I've already found.
-What to call a physician. Was Sensei in use for doctors back then?
-What prostitutes would call the brothel's proprietor and his family. This should be respectful, but not terribly formal. They've been using -dono in the current MS, but this was due to my impression that -dono was less formal than -sama.
-What prostitutes would call a samurai, and for that matter, what the proprietor would call a samurai. They've all been using -sama until now, though that's due to my understanding of -sama as a) more formal than -dono and b) not anachronistic.
Thank you!
As the title of the entry says, I need honorifics that would be used in the Early Edo era (1630s or thereabouts). I've run across a couple different sites the list the same honorifics (-san, -sama, -chan, -dono, sensei, sempai, -ue, etc), but give conflicting information about them...one site says -dono is between -san and -sama in level of respect, while another says it's actually higher than -sama, and that -san and -sama are recent inventions. o.O
Since I have a variety of characters social class-wise, a comprehensive list of honorifics would be the most helpful, though here are some specific instances:
-What to call an adult male who has basically just saved your and your sibling's life, but whose name you don't know. This can be ultra-formal/respectful; the character is extremely and self-consciously polite. I was thinking O-sama or O-dono, based on the information I've already found.
-What to call a physician. Was Sensei in use for doctors back then?
-What prostitutes would call the brothel's proprietor and his family. This should be respectful, but not terribly formal. They've been using -dono in the current MS, but this was due to my impression that -dono was less formal than -sama.
-What prostitutes would call a samurai, and for that matter, what the proprietor would call a samurai. They've all been using -sama until now, though that's due to my understanding of -sama as a) more formal than -dono and b) not anachronistic.
Thank you!