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せんぱい
Meanings
Noun
1. senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
Alt. forms
先せん輩ぱい
90%
センパイ
7%
せんぱい
1%
Pitch accent
せ
んぱい
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Used in: 369
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
older person with more life experience
to put on a patronizing air
to put on an air of seniority
(more) experienced mother
Examples (2 in total)
They congratulated their colleague on his promotion.
We respect him as a good senior.