輩
Secondary schoolJLPT N1
comrade, fellow, people, companions
15 strokes · frequency rank #1365
- ハイ
- -ばら、やから、やかい、ともがら
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- 先輩せんぱいsenior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person1
私たちは彼をよき先輩として尊敬している。
We respect him as a good senior.
彼は仕事の上では私の先輩だ。
He has more experience on the job than I.
彼女は先輩を追い越して昇進した。
She was promoted over the heads of her seniors.
- 後輩こうはいjunior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student2
彼は私より3年後輩です。
He is my junior by three years.
後輩にノートPCをかりた。
I borrowed the notebook PC from the junior staff member.
俺も後輩にアドバイスする歳になったか。
I guess I've reached the age where I have to dispense advice to my underlings.
- 年輩ねんぱい(approximate) age; years3
- 輩出はいしゅつproducing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other4
- 輩やからparty (of people); set (of people); clan; family5
- 吾輩わがはいI; me; myself6
そんなことを考えながら『我輩はカモである』を再見しました。
Thinking about those sorts of things, I watched "Duck Soup" again.
私は学校で日本文学の英語訳、特に漱石の『吾輩は猫である』や『心』、芥川の『鼻』や『河童』を楽しく読んだ。
At school I had enjoyed reading Japanese literature in English translation, in particular Soseki's I am a Cat and Kokoro, and Akutagawa's The Nose and Kappa.