Are these ranks?

hkBattousai

Nihongo Learner

19 Oct 2006

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• 22 Jun 2007

• #1

I want to ask the meaning of the words above the user avatars.
Some of those are :

Do these images indicate the rank of the user? Or mean something else?

 

DoctorP

先輩

3 Jun 2004

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• 22 Jun 2007

• #2

check this post for your answer!

 

Last edited: 22 Jun 2007

Mikawa Ossan

いかんわ！

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17 Sep 2005

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• 23 Jun 2007

• #3

DoctorP to the rescue! Just follow his link and it explains it all!

 

EmperorHirohito

Who is Number One?

30 Apr 2007

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• 24 Jun 2007

• #4

Also the same sort of Rankings apply on the Europe Forum and I dare say it also applies to the China Forum as well