Kit Kats Japan

Lately I haven't had internet in computer class.. not to mention I am a few pages in excell behind. I started working on a personal anime portfolio and whatnot. :] Turning out well so far, lots of nice comments from random people.. those are of course, the best kind. =D Me, and my friends started a "KOREAN NATZI ORGINIZATION".. I being Hitler 1, Brett Hitler 2, Kacie/ Kacey Natzi 1, Nathan\Hector Natzi 2, Febby the Lutenit person for natzis, and John/Josh Natzi 3. D:< They just bleeped out a cuss word on the radio, its like.. fricken radio edits with there stupid non-cussing stuff. Well anyway, no info really.. I am really working on posting about "Neko Kawigari." A very sad ero game. All I need is a bit more info. Well, thats all for now.
~Kit Kat Chan.

<-<; I very much dislike the daylight savings time... the day went by so slow yesterday. I was going insane... the day before that I went the the mall. :] Slight shopping spree with myself. I wanted an icecream too but I didn't have enough. Such a pain! -_-; Now I was so looking forward to school... until the day Daylight savings, I thought today was going to drag on and on and on, luckily its going by faster then expected. WAY FASTER! >.<; Lol, thank the.. huh.. I dont really thank anyone. Oh well. Its just a filler. Just like this whole entire thing. Oh! I am almost done with my book series. A few 100 pages away from the end of the last book! (HAZAAH!) Well I am being watched so I better go. (Hint Hint? :3 Ms. Stalker.)
-Sincerly,


Kit-Kat

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This is Orochi-Chan. :] I would like you all to help level him/her up!
The people who level him up leave a post to what level he got to, and I promise to give you a free Avatar. ^-^ Domo Arigatou!

Pocky (ポッキー, pokkī?),
Glico Company of Japan. It was first sold in 1966,[1] and consists of a biscuit stick coated with chocolate. Pocky was an instant hit among Japanese teenagers, and brought in sales of 30 billion yen in its first two years. The name was changed to "Pocky," after the Japanese onomatopoetic word for the sound Pocky makes when bitten, pokkin (ポッキン). The original was followed by "Almond Pocky" in 1971, with an almond coating, and "Strawberry Pocky" in 1977. Today, the product line includes such variations as milk, mousse, green tea, honey, banana and coconut flavored coatings, and themed products such as "Decorer Pocky," with colorful decorative stripes in the coating, and "Men's Pocky," a dark (bittersweet) chocolate and "mature" version. However, the quote on the package 'Crispy pretzel dipped in dark chocolate for the intelligent connoisseur who enjoys the finer points in life' has caused some controversy due to the product's preference toward men.[citation needed]

Pocky is very popular in Japan. In bars, it is sometimes served with a glass of ice water. It also has a significant presence in other East Asian countries such as China and South Korea. In Europe, Pocky is renamed Mikado after the game Mikado and distributed by LU Biscuits. In the United States, United Kingdom and Canada, Pocky can be found in Asian supermarkets and the international section of most large supermarkets, such as World Market, HEB, Wegmans, at select f.y.e. stores, Wal-Mart (America only; in the Asian foods isle), and anime convention dealers' rooms. In Malaysia, Pocky was renamed as Rocky, perhaps to avoid a vulgar word in Malay with similar pronunciation. In the United States, Pocky is marketed both by the Lefèvre-Utile Biscuit Co. (in chocolate and peanut butter flavors) and by Ezaki Glico's American division, Ezaki Glico USA Corporation (in chocolate and strawberry flavors). In Australia, Pocky is usually sold in Asian convenience markets along with other Asian foods and products.

Outside of Japan, Pocky is fairly popular among Japanophiles and anime fans. Its constant association with the Engrish phenomenon and the oddness of some of its versions (like the "Men's Pocky" bittersweet flavor),[citation needed] as well as the several Pocky parodies seen on many anime/manga series, contribute to the snack's reputation.

On September 30, 2008 Hong Kong authorities have announced that melamine has been detected in Pocky Men's coffee cream coated biscuit sticks. Ezaki Glico had no immediate comment on the reported contamination. The melamine contamination level was found to be 43 ppm (legal limit is 2.5 ppm).[2]
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocky -

Japanese smileys (or "emoticons"/ "facemarks") on the other hand aren't read side-ways, and they are also more stronger focused on the expression of the eyes. (Masaki Yuki of Hokkaido University claims Japanese students are "reading" emotions more through the eyes when compared to American students, who are more focused on the mouth.)

Here are some Japanese smileys courtesy of this overview (you will be able to reproduce all of them in UTF-8 character encoding, but not ASCII):
(･ｪ-) ... good night
( ^_^) ... hi!
m（．＿．）m ...thanks
m(_ _)m ... I'm sorry
(^o^)
(’-’*)
（￣ー￣）
Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ
＼（＾ ＾）／ ... I'm glad
ヘ(^_^ヘ)(ノ^_^)ノ ... dance, sing
（；_・） ... sadness
（ToT） ... crying
（￣へ￣） ... discontent
(*´ο`*)=3 ... sigh
―(T_T)→ ... defeat
＼（－－）／ ... surrender
o(>< )o ｏ( ><)o ... wiggle
( 　ﾟ,_ゝﾟ) ... mock
☆⌒(＞。≪) ... pain
＼(>o<)／ ... panic
(ﾟｰﾟ)(｡_｡) ... yes yes
(ι´Д｀)ﾉ ... call
(´～`) ... sleepiness
［(－－)］ZZzzz ...
( `_)乂(_' ) ... duel

Info from: http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2007-08-07-n23.html

Harajuku (原宿)refers to an area around a train station in Tokyo Japan.
Harajuk is also a style, adopted by teenagers and younge adults.
In the area of harajuku there is many kawaii shops filled with clothes, jewelery, cosplay, gothic lolita, and much more. Japanese Harajuku girls and Harajuku style has been used to decribe teens dressed in many diffrent fashions.

Harajuku Style Japanese Street Fashion:
Harajuku Style varies from many diffrent unique looks, from the typical elegant lolita or the punky Visual Kei.
The best time to see anyone in these crazy and punky fashions is Sunday, they hang around the Harajuku station, showing off or just hanging around with friends. The most common way to look Harajuku is to be yourself and mix a bunch of random clothes and creat a new a unique look for yourself. ;]

Visual Kei:
Visual Kei refers to a movement in Japanese Rock (Also known to most as J-Rock).
The "kei" in Visual Kei is japanese for style of type, meaning "visual style music" The music ranges from eighties goth rock, to heavy metal to punk and usually some combo of the three. Most bands are indie but a not many make it to major labels such as Malice Mizer, Raphael, & Dir En Grey.

Visual Kei has influenced Harajuku style fashion, especially those who gather on Jingu Bashi - a pedestrian bridge connecting the bustling Harajuku district with Meiji Shrine.

On the bridge you could find Visual Kei cosplayers (those dressed as their favorite musicians) and those in the subculture known as Gothic Lolita based on Lolita fashion. Often fans of such bands also will dress up for concerts, meet ups, and other events where they will see other people who enjoy Visual Kei.

Gothic Lolita:
Gothic Lolita or Gothic Loli is also a youth fashion among Japan.
Elegant Gothic Lolita (EGL) refers to the fashion of frilly, ruffled knee-length dresses and head-bands etc. Elegant Gothic Aristocrat (EGA) refers to a more subtle and refined dressing consisting of longer dresses and coats.
Gothic Lolita clothes have a sometimes very dark look or sometimes very kawaii (cute) look - demonstrated by Baby The Stars Shine Bright. There are different kinds of lolitas in Japan, however EGA is rare and the style is usually up to the individual.
The most popular Gothic Lolita magazine is a Japanese publication called The Gothic and Lolita Bible. Gothic lolitas flock to Yoyogi park in Harajuku on the weekends to show off their fashon.

Kawaii/Decora:
Kawaii means "cute" or "pretty. has become a major aspect of Japanese culture, entertainment, food, clothing, toys, personal appearance and behavior. Kawaii fashion generally relates to someone wearing clothing that appears to be made for young children or clothes that accentuates the cuteness of the individual wearing the clothing. Ruffles and pastel or bright colors may be worn, and accessories often include oversize toys or bags featuring anime characters.

Decora also known as "Decoration" is a japanese style adopted mainly by young japanese girls. Decora consists of bright colors and hair clips with bows. Lots of layering and colorful accessories are used in Decora. The accessories include plastic and furry toys and jewelry, which stick together and make noise as the wearer moves.
The style is sometimes mistakenly called "Fruits style" by people that are not from Japan.

Ganguro Fashion:
Ganguro fashion appeared somewhere around the early 90s in Japan and peaked around the year 2000. Ganguro fashion is and was primarily adopted by young woman in their 20s. The style consists of a deep tan combined with dyed hair that can be either bleached gray, silver or various shades of orange. Ganguro girls also wear white lipstick and eye shadow. White concealer is often used for both. Black ink is often used as an eyeliner along with false eyelashes and facial gems (plastic) and pearl powder.

Clothing wise Ganguro girls wear brightly coloured clothes including miniskirts, tie-dyed sarongs, lots or rings, necklaces and bracelets.


Ganguro is believed to have started as a kind of revenge against the traditional norm in Japanese society as to what feminine beauty should be. Many Japanese researchers believe that the rebellion against japanese society is due to resentment of neglect.

Probably the most famous Ganguro girl was known as Buriteri - named after a black soy sauce. Egg magazine made her famous after constantly showing her picture at the height of the Ganguro craze. Ganguro culture even evolved its own style of dances, know as Para Para. Dancers to para para dance to predetermined moves in sync to J-pop music. Ganguro girls would either go to clubs or gather together to learn new dances.

Cosplay:

Cosplay is an abbreviation of Costume Play. It is a Japanese subculture based on dressing like characters from manga, anime,and video games. The term cosplay pronounced "kosupure" in Japanese.

In Japan, "cosplay" as a hobby is usually an end unto itself. Cosplay can be seen at public events and shows as well as at dedicated cosplay parties.

In places such as in the Harajuku district of Tokyo it is not unusual for Japanese teenagers to gather with friends in places like to engage in cosplay.

Tokyo's Akihabara district contains a large number of cosplay cafes, catering to devoted anime and cosplay fans. The waitresses at such places usually dress as a maid (or meido).

Probably the largest cosplaying event in Japan is in the semiannual doujinshi market, Comiket. This event, held in summer and winter and attracts thousands of manga otaku cosplayers.

Below we list some of the most popular online cosplay stores offering premade costumes and commission examples. The Cosplay shops offer Wigs, Costumes, accessories for Naruto, Kingdom Hearts, Bleach, Final Fantasy, Vampire Knight and many more.

Wanna Dress The Harajuku style?:
Harajuku clothing style involves mixing and (mis) matching different fashions and styles. Harajuku fashion changes and evolves constantly, sometimes mixing traditional Japanese clothing such as kimonos and geta sandals with other styles. Everything from punk, goth to designer clothes can be mixed and mismatched with colorful accessories to create a unique and individual style.

Although more recently brand loyalty has become more prominent, second hand clothing and do it yourself are the basis of harajuku fashion. Maybe a flowered skirt with a pinned ribbon attached with a more angular hemline? If you have some talent then grab your scissors and sewing kit and make your store clothes individually yours..

Look and learn. look at pictures of the harajuku fashion scene and get inspiration from them. steal ideas from here and there to get the look that works for you. You may also want to buy 'fruits' and 'fresh fruits' magazine along with the Gothic Lolita Bible, these are all great sources of inspiration.

Dress in layers. One of the characteristics of Harajuku fashion is layering. Lair sweaters, jackets and vests over blouses and over tshirts. Dresses may be worn with leggings, and so on. Layering - or giving the impression of layered clothes by wearing ruffled dresses etc. allows you to get away with more of a variety of styles, and adds an additional dimension to your outfit.

Accessorize. add extravagant accessories including earrings, jewelry, belts, hair clips, handbags. When dressing decora style especially loud and colorful is the key, embellish your outfit from head to toe with pink, yellow, green, purple accessories that stand out.

Go wild with makeup and hairstyle. Harajuku style does not necessarily end with what you wear. Adding a a crazy hairstyle or a cute hairstyle - maybe sporting cute pigtails can complete your image along with using hair dye and making yourself up with theatrical makeup.

Wear whatever looks suits you. unlike punk rock harajuku fashion is not just about rebelling about mainstream fashion, but more a way of wearing what looks good on you. If you have a desire to wear pink and white striped leggings with a green plaid dress then do it!

-Credit to http://www.harajukustyle.net/ for the info-

×Ondo is a type of Japanese folk music×
×The literal translation of "ondo" is "sound head." Kanji, or the Chinese characters used in the Japanese language, often have literal and abstract meanings, here the kanji for "sound" (音-on) having a more abstract meaning of "melody" or "music," and the kanji for "head," (頭) having a more abstract meaning of "beat," "base pattern." Hence "ondo" probably refers to a kind of "sound" or "beat pattern."

×There are other names used to describe older Japanese genres of music. For example "fushi" or "bushi" (節), with its literal meaning of "node," "knuckle," or "joint," refers to the nodes found in bamboo, usually found at a steady sequence. Thus "fushi" can also have the abstract idea of "sequence" to refer to notes and beats in a sequence, ie, a melody.

×An "ondo," however, usually refers to a kind of song with a distinct swung 2/2 rhythm. This "swing" can be referred to as "ukare" in Japanese. "Ondo" is a term used in older Japanese genres, but it is still used today when referring to songs written in this swinging style. Sometimes the rhythm is NOT swung and it is played straight through. This is called "kizami".

×There is not a set rule that says that every olden Japanese melody with a swung rhythm is called an "ondo," as sometimes the term "fushi" or "bushi" is used to refer to a tune with a swung 2/2 rhythm, both of these having more or less the same meaning of "tune" or "melody." The folk song Goshu Ondo, for example, does not follow this rule, as the rhythm is NOT played in a swung fashion. The folk song Tankō Bushi has a swung 2/2 rhythm, even though it has "bushi" in its name.

×In Japanese folk music, "fushi" and "ondo" follow the name of the song. For example, Tokyo Ondo, Mamurogawa Ondo, and Hanagasa Ondo all have "ondo" in their names. Kushimoto Bushi, Burabura Bushi, and Soran Bushi all have a rendering of "fushi" in their names.

×Part of the Japanese Obon celebration involves participating in the local community dance. The tradition of the Bon dance, or Bon Odori (盆踊り) dates back a few hundred years, and it is usually accompanied by the local tune. In recent times, however, new music has been used for Bon dance accompaniment, including late enka hits, and new music written specifically for bon dancing. The "ondo" rhythm has always been common in Japanese folk music, but even the newer music written for Bon dances has been written in this style. It is so common to find names of newer music with the word "ondo" attached to it. For example, the Pokemon Ondo, the Doraemon Ondo, Kyoryu Ondo, etc. To be fair, even non-ondo music is starting to make the bon dance scene. The selection ranges from traditional sounding enka, such as Hikawa Kiyoshi's "Zundoko-bushi," to more modern non-Japanese hits, such as the Beach Boys's "Kokomo."

×Whats a Gloomy Bear?×

Mori Chack (森チャック Mori Chakku, born on March 23, 1973) is the artist name of a Japanese graphic designer, who was born in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. He is famous for his Chax product line, especially Gloomy Bear, a 2m tall, violent, pink bear that eats humans. The design is an antithesis to the excessively cute products produced by Disney, Sanrio's Hello Kitty, and other companies. Mori Chack believes that humans and animals are incompatible, and an animal is wild by nature. This is expressed most pronouncedly by the Gloomy Bear, which is often shown blood stained and striking humans. Gloomy Bear is also available in different colors with slightly different designs.

From the Cube Works press release:

Gloomy, an abandoned little bear, is rescued by Pitty (the little boy). At first, he is cute and cuddly, but becomes more wild as he grows up. Since bears do not become attached to people like dogs by nature, Gloomy attacks Pitty even though he is the owner. So Gloomy has blood on him from biting and/or scratching Pitty. The Gloomy with blood is called Chax Colony Edition.

A segment on Gloomy Bear and a short interview with Mori Chack are featured in Episode 6 of Series 2 of the BBC Three series Japanorama. The topic of the episode was "Kawaii," which is Japanese for "cute."

Mori Chack also created other characters in a similar style, as for example Podolly, a sheep in a wolf skin, reversing the common phrase of a wolf in a sheep skin, and Kumakikai, a robo-gloomy with rockets for feet and a soft silver vinyl body. Often, his graphics also carry a political message, as for example the drawing of the Statue of Liberty, except the figure is holding a molotov cocktail and a sign with the question "Free?".

His products are famous in Japan. He also has an elder brother, and a younger sister, who also works in graphic design.Mori Chack (森チャック Mori Chakku, born on March 23, 1973) is the artist name of a Japanese graphic designer, who was born in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. He is famous for his Chax product line, especially Gloomy Bear, a 2m tall, violent, pink bear that eats humans. The design is an antithesis to the excessively cute products produced by Disney, Sanrio's Hello Kitty, and other companies. Mori Chack believes that humans and animals are incompatible, and an animal is wild by nature. This is expressed most pronouncedly by the Gloomy Bear, which is often shown blood stained and striking humans. Gloomy Bear is also available in different colors with slightly different designs.

From the Cube Works press release:

Mori Chack (森チャック Mori Chakku, born on March 23, 1973) is the artist name of a Japanese graphic designer, who was born in Sakai, Osaka, Japan. He is famous for his Chax product line, especially Gloomy Bear, a 2m tall, violent, pink bear that eats humans. The design is an antithesis to the excessively cute products produced by Disney, Sanrio's Hello Kitty, and other companies. Mori Chack believes that humans and animals are incompatible, and an animal is wild by nature. This is expressed most pronouncedly by the Gloomy Bear, which is often shown blood stained and striking humans. Gloomy Bear is also available in different colors with slightly different designs.

From the Cube Works press release:

Gloomy, an abandoned little bear, is rescued by Pitty (the little boy). At first, he is cute and cuddly, but becomes more wild as he grows up. Since bears do not become attached to people like dogs by nature, Gloomy attacks Pitty even though he is the owner. So Gloomy has blood on him from biting and/or scratching Pitty. The Gloomy with blood is called Chax Colony Edition.

A segment on Gloomy Bear and a short interview with Mori Chack are featured in Episode 6 of Series 2 of the BBC Three series Japanorama. The topic of the episode was "Kawaii," which is Japanese for "cute."

Mori Chack also created other characters in a similar style, as for example Podolly, a sheep in a wolf skin, reversing the common phrase of a wolf in a sheep skin, and Kumakikai, a robo-gloomy with rockets for feet and a soft silver vinyl body. Often, his graphics also carry a political message, as for example the drawing of the Statue of Liberty, except the figure is holding a molotov cocktail and a sign with the question "Free?".

His products are famous in Japan. He also has an elder brother, and a younger sister, who also works in graphic design.Gloomy, an abandoned little bear, is rescued by Pitty (the little boy). At first, he is cute and cuddly, but becomes more wild as he grows up. Since bears do not become attached to people like dogs by nature, Gloomy attacks Pitty even though he is the owner. So Gloomy has blood on him from biting and/or scratching Pitty. The Gloomy with blood is called Chax Colony Edition.

A segment on Gloomy Bear and a short interview with Mori Chack are featured in Episode 6 of Series 2 of the BBC Three series Japanorama. The topic of the episode was "Kawaii," which is Japanese for "cute."

Mori Chack also created other characters in a similar style, as for example Podolly, a sheep in a wolf skin, reversing the common phrase of a wolf in a sheep skin, and Kumakikai, a robo-gloomy with rockets for feet and a soft silver vinyl body. Often, his graphics also carry a political message, as for example the drawing of the Statue of Liberty, except the figure is holding a molotov cocktail and a sign with the question "Free?".

His products are famous in Japan. He also has an elder brother, and a younger sister, who also works in graphic design.

ARToolKit is a software library for building Augmented Reality (AR) applications. These are applications that involve the overlay of virtual imagery on the real world. For example, in the image to the right a three-dimensional virtual character appears standing on a real card. It can be seen by the user in the head set display they are wearing. When the user moves the card, the virtual character moves with it and appears attached to the real object.

One of the key difficulties in developing Augmented Reality applications is the problem of tracking the users viewpoint. In order to know from what viewpoint to draw the virtual imagery, the application needs to know where the user is looking in the real world.

ARToolKit uses computer vision algorithms to solve this problem. The ARToolKit video tracking libraries calculate the real camera position and orientation relative to physical markers in real time. This enables the easy development of a wide range of Augmented Reality applications. Some of the features of ARToolKit include:

* Single camera position/orientation tracking.
* Tracking code that uses simple black squares.
* The ability to use any square marker patterns.
* Easy camera calibration code.
* Fast enough for real time AR applications.
* SGI IRIX, Linux, MacOS and Windows OS distributions.
* Distributed with complete source code.

A complete description of features is available here.


This website contains a link to the ARToolKit software, projects that have used ARToolKit, sample ARToolKit applications, a discussion group and full documentation. All the information needed to be able to easily develop AR applications with ARToolKit can be found here.

ARToolKit was originally developed by Dr. Hirokazu Kato, and its ongoing development is being supported by the Human Interface Technology Laboratory (HIT Lab) at the University of Washington, HIT Lab NZ at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, and ARToolworks, Inc, Seattle.

♪Vanilla Mood♪
Vanilla Mood is a group of music performers on the Avex record label in Japan.
There mini-album hit the stores on February 8, 2006. The four girls play their instrument of choice, Waka on the flute, Yui on violin, Mariko on cello, and Kiko on piano.

-Profiles-
Name: Waka
o Birthday: December 09, 1980
o Hometown: Kitakyushu city
o Instrument: flute
o Influence: Parents were music lovers, and has loved songs and the piano since a very young age.
o Age started playing: 7 years old.
o Idols: Diana Ross, Whitney Houston, Miwa Yoshida, Hirose Kami.

Name: Keiko
o Birthday: September 28, 1982
o Hometown Hiroshima prefecture
o Instrument: piano
o Influence: Had to go with her sister to music lessons, and began learning that way.
o Age started playing: 4 years old

Name: Mariko
o Birthday: July 14, 1982
o Hometown Kitakyushu city
o Instrument: cello
o Influence: A picture when she was little that she loved dearly had a picture of a bear playing an instrument. Since that age, she has wanted to play.
o Age started playing: 4 years old for the violin and piano. 8 years old for the cello.
o Idols: Turtle Island String Quartet

Name: Yui
o Birthday: October 20, 1982
o Hometown Nagoya city
o Instrument: violin
o Influence: Since her mother played the piano, her aunt began to teach her to play the violin.
o Age started playing: 4 years old
o Idols: Roby Lakatos, Stephane Grappelli, Heifetz, Brahms, Sibelius


-Also of note is one "Emilee", sometimes seen playing the violin, but replacing Waka. Emilee is the daughter of Miyamoto Fumiaki, a world renowned oboe player. Now, she is a solo violin player.-

♪Their website is http://www.vanillamood.jp ♪

-Albums-
CD Single:

[2007.12.05] 「Ajuka」

Mini-Album:

[2006.02.08] 「Vanilla Mood」
[2006.10.04] 「Shizuku（雫）」

What Do You Need?
♥ Dango Flour (Zyoushinko):100g
♥ Hot water:100cc
♥ Bamboo skewers:5
♥ White sugar:20g
♥ Mixing bowl
♥ Spatula for mixing the dough
♥ Deep cooking pot
♥ Pan
♥ Soy sauce:tablespoon 2
♥ White sugar:tablespoon 4
♥ Water:100cc
♥ Corn starch: suitable quantity

What to do next:
♥1. Put hot water and flour in the mixing bowl.
♥2. Mix those together.
♥3. Add food coloring, if desired.
♥4. Start to make a small ball (about 1 inch for each)
♥5. Put those balls into the boiling water.
♥6. After a few minutes, the balls will float. Then wait for 2 or 3 minutes more.
♥7. Take the balls and put into cold water.
♥8. Put the balls on paper towels to take water .
♥9. Start to make the Mitarashi sauce next.
♥10. Take up sugar by using the pan.
♥11. Add soy sauce, water, and corn starch with the sugar.
♥12. Put the three rice cakes on bamboo stick.
♥13. Put the sauces on the rice cakes

Tips:

♥ You do not have to make Mitarashi sauce. You can also put bean paste on top of the Dangos. I would prefer the Mitarashi sauce though.


Beware of:

♥ Be careful when you are boiling the balls(rice cakes). If you take too much time, it will be too hard. And if you do not take enough time, it will be too soft.

Chan and Kun are almost the same as San.
You could call someone these,that you are close with, a best friend, brother, or sister.
Chan is used with girls names, and kun with boys.
San which has a pretty close relation is more like saying, Mr. and/or Ms.
Sama on the other hand is is used more for someone you respect [Or should respect.]
Like an elder, or a superior. In a store you might here o-kyaku-sama. Kyaku means guest
or customer. [Could come in handy for someone to work in a store in Japan ^^]
Senpai is used to address senior members in school or sports club. It also might bu used in
a business. It mostly means elder male student. Kohai is used to address juniors. Sorta
of the opposite of Senpai.
Sensei is meant for teachers. and lastly Shi is often used in newsreaders, legal documents, and academic journals. Its used in writing to refer a person whom doesn't know the writer or speaker.
-Hoped my information has helped you today-
~Summer