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。
Pitch accent
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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
Examples (2 in total)
They congratulated their colleague on his promotion.
We respect him as a good senior.