せんぱい
Meanings
Noun
1. 先に生まれた人。
2. 年齢、地位、経験、学問、技術などで自分より上の人。
3. 同じ学校や職場に先に入った人。
Kanji used
before (timewise)
comrade
Pitch accent
んぱい
Top 1400
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
older person with more life experience
Examples (2 in total)
They congratulated their colleague on his promotion.
We respect him as a good senior.