Word Meaning 先輩
先輩 is read as せんぱい (sempai) and means senior (at work or school).
Meaning
English
- senior (at work or school)
- superior
- elder
- older graduate
- progenitor
- old-timer
Reading
Kana
せんぱい
Romaji
sempai
Stroke Sequence
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10トムは高校の先輩です。
Tom and I went to the same high school.
トムは高校の2つ上の先輩です。
Tom and I went to the same high school. He was two years above me.
トムは高校時代の1コ上の先輩です。
Tom and I went to the same high school. He was a year ahead of me.
先輩、ソフトクリームおごってくれませんか。
Senpai, would you buy me some soft ice cream?
田中さんは大学時代のフェンシング部の先輩です。
Mx. Tanaka is a senior from the fencing club during my college days.
お父さんと話してると、やっぱ人生の先輩だなあって思う。
Whenever I talk to my father, I realize that he has a lot more experience than I do.
高校時代に入ってたクラブは、先輩後輩の仲がとってもよかったよ。
Clubs I entered in high school were super good for gaining familiarity with my juniors and seniors.
在校生たちは、お世話になった先輩たちにきれいな花束を贈る計画を立てていた。
Our current students have been planning on giving beautiful bouquets of flowers to seniors who have helped them.
「亜佐美先輩が、ヒロシくんが真田先輩とキスした~って泣き喚いていたので」「な、泣き喚いてないよ~」
"Asami was bawling that you had kissed Sanada so" "I didn't bawl!"
「あ、は、はい・・・ごめん、玲姉」「コラ。幾ら親戚とはいえ、私は先輩医師よ?院内ではちゃんとケジメをつけなさい」
"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!"