さん (San) is a Japanese suffix meaning “Mr, Mrs, Miss, Ms”.

Meanings

  1. suffixMr; Mrs; Miss; Ms; -sanafter a person's name (or position, etc.)
  2. suffixpoliteness markerusu. after a noun or sometimes na-adjective

Examples

  • The colour and make of the president's car are?

  • It must be the postman.

  • Take care of Mr. Tanaka for me!

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).