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This is my first time really taking an actual look at Japanese Honorifics, I didn't really think that the Japanese Honorifics mattered, and didn't even know they existied until I recieved a text from a friend when I called her Senpai or something like that. She brought it up asking: "Do You know what honorifics are?" I was really confused at the time since I had no clue about what Honorifics even meant. She probably knew I wouldn't have known since she watches Anime more and started reading Manga. So she explained them to me and I told her I didn't really care much of them, and I continued using what was in my book.

Not much after I've gotten into some Manga, Some which don't use any honorifics and some which use it alot, Like Animal Land. Which is What I've basically been reading atm (and some others but we won't get into that rn). Anyways they refer to terms like chan and senpai. So when I finished the book I was a little curious about it, So I researched the Manga and found a some reveiws on the 2nd Book, I got a little carried away and really wanted the 2nd book, I got so carried away I forgot all about looking up honorifics.. So I Happened to have picked that Manga up the same day from the library so I read it and when I finished I flipped to the back pages where it described to the basic Honorifics. I got into it and decided to do some research on many Honorifics and found some brief topics on them all. So I will be sharing with you some Honorifics and their definitions, and well basically how to use them. 


P.S It may also help you if you're writing a Manga or making Anime Scripts. :)

San	is the most commonplace honorific, and is a title of respect typically used between equals of any age. Although the closest analog in English are the honorifics "Mr.", "Miss", "Ms.", or "Mrs.", -san is almost universally added to a person's name.
Sama	is a rarely-used more respectful version of san for people much higher in rank than oneself, toward one's guests or customers (such as a sports venue announcer addressing members of the audience), and sometimes toward people one greatly admires, Like a Crush or someone you look up to.
Kun	is used by people of senior status in addressing or referring to those of junior status, or by anyone when addressing or referring to male children or male teenagers, or among male friends. It can also be used by males or females when addressing a male that they are emotionally attached to or have known for a long period of time
Chan	it expresses that the speaker finds a person endearing. It come from a "cute" pronouncing of -san (in Japanese, replacing s sounds with ch sounds is seen as cute). In general, chan is used for babies, young children, grandparents and teenagers. It may also be used towards cute animals, lovers, close friends, any youthful woman, or between friends. Using chan with a superior's name is considered to be condescending and rude.
Bō	is another diminutive that expresses endearment. Like "chan", it is used for babies and young children, but is exclusively used for boys instead of girls.
Senpai	is used to address or refer to one's senior colleagues (respected colleagues) in a school, dojo, or sports club. So at school, the students in higher grades than oneself are senpai. Teachers are not senpai. Neither are students of the same or lower grade: they are referred to as kōhai. In a business environment, colleagues with more experience are senpai, but one's boss is not a senpai. In the same manner as English titles such as "doctor" or "professor", senpai can be used by itself as well as with a name.
Kōhai	is a junior, the reverse of senpai, but it is not normally used as an honorific; kun is used for this function instead.
Sensei	is used to refer to or address teachers, doctors, politicians, lawyers, and other authority figures. It is used to show respect to someone who has achieved a certain level of mastery in an art form or some other skill, and is also applied to novelists, poets, painters, and other artists
Hakase	is like a doctor but the definition is closer to a professor
Shi	is used in formal writing, and sometimes in very formal speech, for referring to a person who is unfamiliar to the speaker, typically a person known through publications whom the speaker has never actually met.

There are many more that refer to Royality and Higher statused people, but I cannot post everything today, this is going to be a WIP Blog about honorifics because there is many more than just these 10. :3 

Anyways I will post some more later in the future (Probably tomorrow) so Bai All! ♥