Closest and Familiar

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Closest adverb - (superlative of `near' or `close') within the shortest distance.

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Familiar and closest are semantically related. in intimate topic. In some cases you can use "Familiar" instead an adjective "Closest".

Familiar adjective - Closely acquainted.

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Closest and familiar are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Closest" with "Familiar", this adjectives are similar.

Using no honorific at all (called yobisute) is also an honorific — it's a "null honorific", and it means the speaker is addressing the person to whom he is speaking in an intimate and familiar manner usually restricted to family, spouses or one's closest friends.

Source: Useful Notes / Japanese Honorifics
Even though the pets are literally pets and not familiars (which according to Pottermore, don't exist in the Potterverse), with Mrs Norris ironically being the closest to a familiar in the series.

Source: Fandom Specific Plot / Harry Potter
The closest to a clue is a short scene in the epilogue, where he is shown to be on familiar terms with either the Fairy or Madame Ghede, depending on Cinders' choice of godmother, and it is only implied that he knew Cinders' mother.

Source: Visual Novel / Cinders

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