先輩 – vocab dash

先せん輩ぱい

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Meanings

Noun

Suffix

1. senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor

Kanji used

Pitch accent

せんぱい

Composed of

former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move

No-adjective

group; gang; bunch

Noun

Used in vocabulary

one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy

Expression

air of seniority; patronizing attitude

Noun

someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran

Noun

air of seniority; patronizing attitude of a senior toward a junior

Noun

Examples11

私わたしたちは彼かれをよき先せん輩ぱいとして尊そん敬けいしている。

We respect him as a good senior.

彼かれは仕し事ごとの上うえでは私わたしの先せん輩ぱいだ。

He has more experience on the job than I.

彼かれらは先せん輩ぱいに昇しょう進しんおめでとうと言いった。

They congratulated their 'sempai' on his promotion.

一いち年ねん先せん輩ぱいだからって、そんなに威い張ばらなくていいじゃない。

Who said you can swagger around like that just because you're one year ahead of me?

先せん輩ぱいは、嫌いや味みなくらいの完かん璧ぺき超ちょう人じんでしたからね。だから逆ぎゃくにその「癖くせ」は先せん輩ぱいの可愛かわいげ・・・というか、チャームポイントでしたよ。

You were always a perfect 'superhuman' to an infuriating extent, and so that 'habit' was actually one of your cute, or rather charming, attributes.

我われ々われは彼かれをよき先せん輩ぱいとして尊そん敬けいしている。

We look up to him as a good senior.