If you learn Japanese..

What's older and younger sister, senior and junior, father and mother, aunty and uncle, grandma and grandpa in Japanese? And is there anything that they call someone who's older than them like 'oppa' in Korean? And what do they call their lover? In Korean it could be 'jagiya' or 'yeobu' or 'oppa' too.. What about Japanese?

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feng_hua #1
Mom : Haha
Dad : Chichi
Older sister : Ane
Older brother : Oni
Younger Brother : Otouto
Younger sister : Imouto
Grandma : Okaa-san
Granpa : Ojii-san
Aunty : Oka-san
Uncle : Oji-san
Senior ; Senpai

If you close to the person you can call her with -chan, and him with -kun. If you just meet him or her, you call them -san.
suchentao #2
For siblings, you have the choice of changing -san to -chan. You can use -chan if you're very close to your siblings.

Older siser = "Onee-san" / Ane(姉)
Younger sister = You don't call them anything / Imouto(妹)
Older brother = call them "Onii-san" / Ani(兄)
Younger brother = You don't call them anything / Otouto(弟)

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You also have the option of changing -san to -chan if you're very close to your parents. But since they're parents, it's also good to use -san since parents should be respected.

Mom = Call them "Okaa-san" / Haha(母)　
Dad = Call them "Otou-san" / Chichi(父)

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Uncle = Call them "Oji-san" / Oji(叔父)
Aunty = Call them "Oba-san" / Oba(叔母)

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Grandfather = Call them "Ojii-san" / Sofu(祖父)
Grandmother = Call them "Obaa-san" / Sobo(祖母)

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If you want to call someone that is older, sometimes you can use older brother (onii-san) or older sister (onee-san). I have a Japanese friend that calls me "Onee-chan" since she's fond of me and doesn't have an older sibling.

In Japanese, I'm not sure if they have words for "Honey" or anything. I'm not familiar with it.
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