jawaban nya tergantung kalimat , dan ditujukan kepada siapa XD
in formal and business letter we usually writes , Dear Sir or Madam , etc
in this case , dear = Yang Terhormat / Yth
ex : Dear John Smith = Yang Terhormat John Smith / Yth John Smith
when u writes love letter to someone XD .... or to someone close to u
such as close friends , brother , sister , mom , dad , boyfriend , girlfriend , etc
dear = sayang / yang tersayang / yang tercinta
ex : Dear husband = Yang Tersayang Suamiku
how bout dear me / oh dear , well it has different meaning ,
coz dear me is an expression used to express surprise, distress, sympathy
and the closest translation to "dear me" is .... astaga or maybe astagfirullah XD
so what does dear mean ??? well its love and respect , hormat dan sayang ....