先せん輩ぱい
Meanings
Noun
1. senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
I'm sure you'll be fine, senpai.
Kanji used
before (timewise)
comrade
Pitch accent
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んぱい
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Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
person older than oneself (who has more life experience)
Examples (45 in total)
Ah, good morning, senpai.
Thank you for the meal, senpai.
It's our win, senpai.
And then the senior disappeared.
It is the teaching of a senior whom I respect.
Well then, good night, senpai.
So even my senior was one of that guy's pawns?!
It's a treat sent in by one of our seniors who graduated.
I was just hanging out at my senpai's place.
She's a wonderful senior of mine.
The senior, who had been flustered, froze for a moment.
My senior and I were sitting in seiza on the floor.
It is thanks to my senior encouraging me.
I'm glad I was able to win over my senior.
It's impressive that you live alone while still in high school, senpai.
I miss Alice-senpai's smile.
I'm sure you'll be fine, senpai.
Shrugging, my senior voiced an unexpected opinion.
I acknowledged you a long time ago, senpai.
Only the senior is calm.
No matter how you look at it, senpai and I live in different worlds.
My brush is one I received from my senior.
The senior was just quietly gazing at the screen.
I'm sorry, senpai, for taking up your time.
They congratulated their colleague on his promotion.
You go on back to the camp ahead of me.
She is my senior, two years older than me.
It would be hard to do it with two seniors peeking over your shoulder.
My senior is looking at my bike with sparkling eyes.
As your senior, I'll show you the difference in our levels.
In the back, the seniors are buzzing about something.
But no matter how I think about it, I can't match senpai's scenario structure.
I took as much of the momentum out as I could, then threw my senior down onto the floor.
Isn't that why everyone backed you for president?
Even so, that senior really comes alive when they hold a microphone.
With these legs, you became the national champion in long-distance running, right?
We respect him as a good senior.
Last time, you won by three points, didn't you?
And yet, my senior replied without changing their expression at all.
I guess he was showing his generosity as a senior?
So, why don't we go buy a congratulatory gift for our seniors after school?
My senior grills me with fiery intensity.
As the senior, I'm really the one who should be taking the lead smoothly.
Leila-senpai raised her hand high, index finger pointing up.
Even my boss, my seniors, the people who joined in my year, and my juniors start to seem like enemies.