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先輩
JLPT 4 - Kana Reading
- せんぱい
- Romaji
- senpai
- Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
- Example sentence
- 「あ、は、はい・・・ごめん、玲姉」「コラ。幾ら親戚とはいえ、私は先輩医師よ？院内ではちゃんとケジメをつけなさい」 Ah, y-yes ... Sorry, Coz. "Hey! You might be my relative but here I'm your senior and a doctor. Keep things straight while you're in the hospital!"
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Examples of 先輩, せんぱい in a sentence
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「あ、は、はい・・・ごめん、玲姉」「コラ。幾ら親戚とはいえ、私は先輩医師よ？院内ではちゃんとケジメをつけなさい」
Ah, y-yes ... Sorry, Coz. "Hey! You might be my relative but here I'm your senior and a doctor. Keep things straight while you're in the hospital!"
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「亜佐美先輩が、ヒロシくんが真田先輩とキスした～って泣き喚いていたので」「な、泣き喚いてないよ～」
Asami was bawling that you had kissed Sanada so "I didn't bawl!"
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「亜佐美先輩が、ヒロシくんが真田先輩とキスした～って泣き喚いていたので」「な、泣き喚いてないよ～」
Asami was bawling that you had kissed Sanada so "I didn't bawl!"
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先輩は、嫌味なくらいの完璧超人でしたからね。だから逆にその「癖」は先輩の可愛げ・・・というか、チャームポイントでしたよ。
You were always a perfect 'super human' to an infuriating extent. And so that 'habit' actually was one of your cute ... or rather charm points.
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先輩は、嫌味なくらいの完璧超人でしたからね。だから逆にその「癖」は先輩の可愛げ・・・というか、チャームポイントでしたよ。
You were always a perfect 'super human' to an infuriating extent. And so that 'habit' actually was one of your cute ... or rather charm points.
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僕の先輩たちは、純粋な好奇心を抱いて自分たちの疑問を自然に問いかけ、自然が答えるのを待った。
My predecessors had asked their questions of nature with genuine curiosity and awaited her reply.
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