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先輩
senpai
Description
「先輩」は、学校や会社で自分より先に入った人のことです。
"先輩" refers to someone who joined a school or company before you.
日本では先輩をとても大切にして、ていねいに話します。
In Japan, 先輩 are treated with great respect and spoken to politely.
Meanings
先輩senpai
senior colleague or fellow student ahead of you
サッカー部の先輩はとても親切です。
The senior in the soccer club is very kind.
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Notes
- Etymology
先 (before, ahead) + 輩 (companion, fellow); literally "one who came before."
- Nuance
opposite of 後輩; central to Japanese hierarchy in schools, clubs, and workplaces.
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