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先輩 (せんぱい): senior members of a group — Japanese vocabulary

先輩 is read せんぱい and means "senior members of a group". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

先輩

Reading
せんぱい · sempai
Translation
senior members of a group
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
せんぱいが

Example

会社の先輩に仕事を教えてもらいました。

かいしゃのせんぱいにしごとをおしえてもらいました。

A senior colleague taught me the job.

Kanji in this word

  • 先 — previous, ahead
  • 輩 — colleague, fellow

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