Definition of 先輩 (せんぱい)

せんぱい

先輩

せんぱい

senpai

JLPT N4

Common word

noun

•

senior (at work or school), superior, elder, older graduate, progenitor, old-timer

Related Kanji

先	before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
輩	comrade, fellow, people, companions

Example sentences(showing 9 results)

かれ

せんぱい

しょうしん

い

They congratulated their 'sempai' on his promotion

かのじょ

せんぱい

おこ

しょうしん

She was promoted over the heads of her seniors

かれ

しごと

うえ

わたし

せんぱい

He has more experience on the job than I

いちねん

せんぱい

、

いば

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

われわれ

かれ

せんぱい

そんけい

We look up to him as a good senior

わたし

かれ

せんぱい

そんけい

We respect him as a good senior

ぶいん

せんぱい

ひとり

おく

The club members agreed to present the seniors with a brooch each

「

あ

、

は

、

はい

・・・

ごめん

、玲

ねえ

姉

」「

コラ

。

いく

幾ら

しんせき

親戚

とはいえ

、

わたし

せんぱい

いし

？

いんない

"Ah, y-yes ... Sorry, Coz." "Hey! You might be my relative but here I'm your senior and a doctor. Keep things straight while you're in the hospital!

せんぱい

先輩

は

、

いやみ

かんぺき

ちょうじん

。

ぎゃく

「

くせ

」

せんぱい

かわい

・・・

、

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