...Official Birthday (tentative)...

[fauxgenius]

I hesitate to classify Saturday as part of the Busy Week, since all I had to do was go to a forty minute rehearsal...and a week is only seven days...so I don't think Day Seven is done yet. Once I wake up (today) I'll sing at three (3) church services with the quartet (in what's been described as a "pleasant" falsetto), then have a lull followed by

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[nireus]

I don't claim to be an expert, so this could be completely wrong, but I believe that san is a suffix that when added to a name adds politeness. Japanese is a full of politeness levels that often times have no western equivalent, but fortunately in this case it does, as adding san is similar to addressing somebody as "Mr." though, unlike English, san can be used for both males and females.

Other suffixes include kun, which can be used to address somebody younger than the speaker, although I believe it is less polite than san. There is also chan, which can be used to address children.

According to this website, Girls go from "-chan" to "-san" in high school, but boys go through a period of "-kun" in between. Also, it says "san" shouldn't be used to refer to famous people, since a small degree of intimacy is implied.

I would guess that there are some exceptions and subtleties to these titles that would require more familiarity with the culture to fully understand.

Blake watches anime. He would be a good resource to consult for additional explanation.

http://stason.org/TULARC/art/anime-faq/31-Please-Tell-Me-About-Japanese-Honorifics-And-Terms-Of-Add.html

[salvadorpeabody]

All of what Steve says jives with what I have seen in anime with the addition that characters will refer to there girlfriends with chan regardless of age. You could use sensei even if he is not your sensei but in anime whenever it is used to refer to an artist like that it is some chick trying to get with said artist, though I don't know how this translates to real life. I think you might like to use Uematsu-sama as this is even more respectful than san and implies he is of much higher standing than yourself and someone you greatly admire.

[fauxgenius]

I was unaware of -sama until tonight - That's gotta be the way to go for someone who has so obviouslly achieved Baller Status.