"sempai" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "ref": "1993, Merry White, The Material Child: Coming of Age in Japan and America, Free Press, →ISBN, page 96:",
          "text": "One boy in a boarding school emphasizing athletics says that his dorm mates tend to work problems out physically: “We often fight, and they often make me cry. . . . Even though I was told I’d only last in the dorm for three months, and others are dropping out, I’m still here—but the sempai are frightening.” In his school, the sempai have a special way of tormenting younger students, making them “do performance.”",
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          "ref": "2006, Dave Lowry, In the Dojo: A Guide to the Rituals and Etiquette of the Japanese Martial Arts, Weatherhill, →ISBN, page 173:",
          "text": "Within the dojo in general, sempai are expected to bring along those under them. They may push and prod and challenge their kohai to succeed and improve.",
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        {
          "ref": "2015, Koichi Togashi, Amanda Kottler, Kohut’s Twinship Across Cultures: The Psychology of Being Human, Routledge, →ISBN, page 32:",
          "text": "Whereas kohai are often expected to obey their sempai at some cost to their personal welfare, sempai assume a corresponding obligation.",
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        "Alternative form of senpai"
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      "ipa": "/ˈsɛmpaɪ/",
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        "US"
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  "word": "sempai"
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          "ref": "1993, Merry White, The Material Child: Coming of Age in Japan and America, Free Press, →ISBN, page 96:",
          "text": "One boy in a boarding school emphasizing athletics says that his dorm mates tend to work problems out physically: “We often fight, and they often make me cry. . . . Even though I was told I’d only last in the dorm for three months, and others are dropping out, I’m still here—but the sempai are frightening.” In his school, the sempai have a special way of tormenting younger students, making them “do performance.”",
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          "ref": "2006, Dave Lowry, In the Dojo: A Guide to the Rituals and Etiquette of the Japanese Martial Arts, Weatherhill, →ISBN, page 173:",
          "text": "Within the dojo in general, sempai are expected to bring along those under them. They may push and prod and challenge their kohai to succeed and improve.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2015, Koichi Togashi, Amanda Kottler, Kohut’s Twinship Across Cultures: The Psychology of Being Human, Routledge, →ISBN, page 32:",
          "text": "Whereas kohai are often expected to obey their sempai at some cost to their personal welfare, sempai assume a corresponding obligation.",
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