San may also be used with a characteristic of a person. A bookseller might be hon'ya-san (本屋さん), "Mr. Bookseller". A foreigner might be referred to as gaijin-san (外人さん). (See also Is gaijin a derogatory term?)

San is also used when talking about entities such as companies. For example, the offices or shop of a company called Kojima denki might be referred to as Kojima Denki-san by another nearby company. This may be seen on the small maps often used in phone books and business cards in Japan, where the names of surrounding companies are written using san.

San is also applied to some kinds of foods. For example, fish used for cooking are sometimes referred to as sakana-san.

Both san and its more formal equivalent, sama, imply familiarity. In formal speech or writing, the title shi may be preferred.

Schoolteachers typically address male students using kun, while female students are addressed as san or chan.

In the Diet of Japan, diet members and ministers are called kun by the chairpersons. For example, Junichiro Koizumi is called Koizumi Jun'ichirō kun. However, when Takako Doi, a woman, was the chairperson of the lower house, she used the san title.

Chan is also used for adults who are considered to be kawaii (cute or loveable). For example, Arnold Schwarzenegger gained the nickname Shuwa-chan (シュワちゃん).

Chan is sometimes applied to male children if the name does not fit with the kun suffix. For example, a boy called Tetsuya may be nicknamed Tetchan rather than Tekkun for reasons more to do with phonetics than anything else.

Although it is usually said that honorifics are not applied to oneself, some women refer to themselves in the third person using chan. For example, a young woman named Maki might call herself Maki-chanrather than using a first person pronoun like watashi. Chan is also used for pets and animals, such asusagi-chan. (See also What are the personal pronouns of Japanese?)

In the same way that chan is a version of san, there is also chama (ちゃま) from sama. Other variations of chan include chin (ちん), and tan (たん).

Sama is also often used for people considered to have some high ability or be particularly attractive. At the peak of his popularity, Leonardo DiCaprio gained the nickname Leo-sama in Japan.

Sama is also occasionally used about oneself, as in the arrogant male pronoun ore-sama, "my esteemed self", meaning "I". However, this is not common outside fiction or humour. (See also What are the personal pronouns of Japanese?)

Iie. No.
いいえ。

O-negai shimasu. Please.
おねがいします。

Arigatō. Thank you.
ありがとう。

Dōitashimashite. You're welcome.
どういたしまして。

Sumimasen. Excuse me.
すみません。

Gomennasai. I am sorry.
ごめんなさい。

Ohayō gozaimasu. Good morning.
おはようございます。

Konbanwa. Good evening.
こんばんは。

O-yasumi nasai. Good night.
おやすみなさい。

Koko ni eigo o hanaseru hito wa imasu ka. Does anyone here speak English?
ここに えいごおはなせるひとはいますか。

Watashi wa nihongo ga sukoshi shika hanasemasen. I only speak a little Japanese.
わたしは にほんごがすこししか はなせません。

O-namae wa nan desu ka. What is your name?
おなまえはなんですか。

Watashi no namae wa Kaori desu. My name is Kaorii.
わたしのなまえは かおりです。

O-genki desu ka. How are you?
おげんきですか。

Genki desu. I'm fine. Thank you.
げんきです。

Oaidekite ureshī desu. I am very glad to meet you.
おあいできて うれしいです。

Wakarimasen. I don't understand.
わかりません。

Nante iimashita ka. What did you say?
なんていいましたか。

Motto yukkuri hanashite kudasai. Can you speak more slowly?
もっと ゆっくりはなしてください。

Yoku wakarimasu. I understand you perfectly.
よくわかります。