(n) an identifying appellation signifying status or function: e.g. `Mr.' or `General', Syn. form of address, title of respect, Example:the professor didn't like his friends to use his formal title
[ぼう, bou] (n) (1) bonze; monk; (2) monk's dwelling; (3) (vocative) boy; sonny; (4) I (used by male children); me; (suf) (5) (after name) familiar form of address; (6) (often preceded by ん) person who is ..#3807
[りょうじん;りょうにん, ryoujin ; ryounin] (n) (1) (phrase used by wives to their husbands as a form of address) (See 夫・おっと, 亭主・1, ハズバンド, 旦那・1) husband; (2) good person