-たん (-tan) suffix (honorific) meaning?


Came across the honorific -たん in Re:Zero (episode 4, 6 minutes in):

> You saved me, didn't you, Emilia-tan?

**Does anyone know what it means?**

The protagonist who said it clearly likes the female lead he addressed, but he
also doesn't believe that anything is real. When she asks him what it means,
he says:

> Uh, you can just ignore that one.




-たん is a lisped version of -ちゃん. It's probably the most cute-sounding, casual name suffix in Japanese. There are many fictional (usually female) characters who are always called with -たん.

  * [OS-tan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-tan) (oh, this article has [an explanation for -tan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-tan#Tan_suffix), too)
  * [Binchō-tan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binch%C5%8D-tan_\(manga\))

You should never use -たん in business settings even though it may be
grammatically classified as an "honorific suffix".

Calling someone with -たん is one of the ways to show one's sense of
intimacy/affection toward someone (like "honey" or "sweetie" in English), or
to tease someone as if she were a child.




-たん is a lisped version of -ちゃん. It's probably the most cute-sounding, casual name suffix in Japanese. There are many fictional (usually female) characters who are always called with -たん.

  * [OS-tan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-tan) (oh, this article has [an explanation for -tan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OS-tan#Tan_suffix), too)
  * [Binchō-tan](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binch%C5%8D-tan_\(manga\))

You should never use -たん in business settings even though it may be
grammatically classified as an "honorific suffix".

Calling someone with -たん is one of the ways to show one's sense of
intimacy/affection toward someone (like "honey" or "sweetie" in English), or
to tease someone as if she were a child.

