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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

先せん輩ぱい

N4
せんぱい senpai
  1. senior
nounsuffix

Chinese meanings

前辈

Examples

  • 彼は仕事の上では私の先輩だ。
    He has more experience on the job than I.
    他是我工作上的前辈。
  • 私わたしたちは彼かれをよき先せん輩ぱいとして尊そん敬けいしている。
    We respect him as a good senior.
    我们把他当作优秀的前辈尊敬。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('9b3ce398bd'); // 先輩
{
  "id": "9b3ce398bd",
  "word": "先輩",
  "reading": "せんぱい",
  "romaji": "senpai",
  "meanings": [
    "senior"
  ],
  "level": "N4",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "suf"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1388410,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は仕事の上では私の先輩だ。",
      "en": "He has more experience on the job than I.",
      "tatoeba_id": 106634
    },
    {
      "ja": "私たちは彼をよき先輩として尊敬している。",
      "furigana": "{私|わたし}たちは{彼|かれ}をよき{先輩|せんぱい}として{尊敬|そんけい}している。",
      "en": "We respect him as a good senior.",
      "tatoeba_id": 165249
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "b8a4401c47a4c9be6a69b3f2ceba4531ebb2ad09b93b77262c50ce119f9b2394",
    "meanings": [
      "前辈"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は仕事の上では私の先輩だ。",
        "zh": "他是我工作上的前辈。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "私たちは彼をよき先輩として尊敬している。",
        "zh": "我们把他当作优秀的前辈尊敬。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n4/9b3ce398bd",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "5eda774eb6b14c000b3f12bfa9c25ec2f020e19c8ff079cb6861411429f77bb2"
  }
}