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Using ~-san, ~-kun, ~-sama while addressing other people is common in Japanese
culture.But Law uses **ya** as suffix while addressing people, like in the
nicknames **Strawhat-ya** for Luffy and **Blackleg-ya** for Sanji, and in real
names **Zoro-ya** , **Nami-ya** and **Nico-ya**.

**Ya** are translated as **Mr.** or **Miss.** in English. But in Japanese
adding **ya** defines someone's profession. It is not that Law does not use
~-san at all, Like with Corazon and sarcastically with Vergo. As stated in
[this
page](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Trafalgar_D._Water_Law#Translation_and_Dub_Issues).

So why does Law use **ya** rather then ~-san, ~-kun, etc. while addressing
others?


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Why does Trafalgar D. Law use 'Ya-や(屋)' suffix while addressing others?


や [ya] is the kansaiben flavor of the copula verb です [desu], OR だ [da].
Kansaiben is a language that isn't official in Japan. It is like a dialect.
Therefore it could be that to emphasize his character it chooses to use that
instead of the ~san, ~kun or any other honorific expressions.


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From the SBS (質問を募集する, "I'm Taking Questions") question and answer column of
[volume 62](http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/SBS_Volume_62), chapter 609, page
122:

> D: Like "Mugiwara-ya", Law-san tends to call people with the "-ya" suffix,
> but in the case where the person's last name is "Tsuchiya", then does that
> become "Tsuchiya-ya"? Please tell me Law-san♡ P.N. HeartLoveWoman
>
> O: Mr. Law—they're calling you --! ............. Aw he won't come-. Let me
> answer instead. A long time ago, around maybe the Edo period--. There was
> this thing called "[Yagō](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yag%C5%8D)". So if
> for instance, in the case where there were two Mr. commoners named
> "Tomekichi-san", things like "Dōgu-ya no Tomekichi" (Tomekichi of the Tool
> shop) or "Oke-ya no Tomekichi" (Tomekichi of the Bathtub maker); something
> with "~ya" would be used in place of a last name-. Like how you shout
> "Tamaya~" at the fireworks or "Nakamuraya" from Kabuki; have you heard of
> those? In other words, he just goes with the flow. Right, Law-san?
>
> L: Yeah.

"D" denotes the reader (dokusha), "O" denotes Oda, the author, "L" denotes
Law.

Essentially it's as as if Law is calling Luffy "Strawhatter" or "Strawhat
guy." Like you would refer to a butcher (nikuya) or a baker (panya) by the
shop they run. Note that no honorific is applied, so you cannot assume this to
be polite. You could say it puts a bit if the distance between the speaker and
the one they are speaking to. Much like in a MMO party where someone calls you
by your class or your role instead of your character name.


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