"後輩" meaning in Japanese

See 後輩 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ko̞ːha̠i] Forms: 後輩 [canonical] (ruby: 後(こう), 輩(はい)), kōhai [romanization], koufai [romanization], こうはい [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 後輩 (MC huwX|huwH pwojH, literally “back, behind + people of a certain kind; class, cohort”). Doublet of フベ (fube). First cited to a text from 827 CE. Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|-|sort=こうはい}} Middle Chinese, {{ltc-l|後輩|lit=back, behind + people of a certain kind; class, cohort}} 後輩 (MC huwX|huwH pwojH, literally “back, behind + people of a certain kind; class, cohort”), {{doublet|ja|フベ|tr1=fube}} Doublet of フベ (fube), {{C.E.|nodots=1}} CE, {{CE}} CE Head templates: {{ja-noun|こうはい|hhira=こうはい}} 後(こう)輩(はい) • (kōhai) ^(←こうはい (koufai)?)
  1. a member of a younger class
    Sense id: en-後輩-ja-noun-d7XhKL7H Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 47 46 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 42 8 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 51 41 9 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 42 39 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 40 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 51 41 9
  2. someone born later, junior member of a group, kohai
    Sense id: en-後輩-ja-noun-csEj5Sqn Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 47 46 7 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 50 42 8 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 42 39 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 40 19
  3. (rare, possibly obsolete) the people towards the rear of a group Tags: obsolete, possibly, rare
    Sense id: en-後輩-ja-noun-hHkKfWs0 Categories (other): Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 42 39 19 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 41 40 19
     
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      "roman": "senpai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "先輩",
          "せんぱい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "先輩"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "kohai",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: kohai, kōhai, kouhai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: kohai, kōhai, kouhai"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "こうはい"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Chinese",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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      },
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      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
        "2": "フベ",
        "tr1": "fube"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of フベ (fube)",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 後輩 (MC huwX|huwH pwojH, literally “back, behind + people of a certain kind; class, cohort”). Doublet of フベ (fube).\nFirst cited to a text from 827 CE.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "後輩",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "後",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "輩",
          "はい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kōhai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "koufai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "roman": "koufai",
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        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "hhira": "こうはい"
      },
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "_dis": "50 42 8",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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          "_dis": "51 41 9",
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "42 39 19",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 40 19",
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          "_dis": "51 41 9",
          "kind": "other",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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        ],
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          "younger"
        ],
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          "class"
        ]
      ]
    },
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          "_dis": "47 46 7",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 42 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "42 39 19",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "41 40 19",
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          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
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      "glosses": [
        "someone born later, junior member of a group, kohai"
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        [
          "member",
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        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ],
        [
          "kohai",
          "kohai"
        ]
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      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "name": "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
          "parents": [],
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        {
          "_dis": "41 40 19",
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          "parents": [],
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        "the people towards the rear of a group"
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          "people"
        ],
        [
          "rear",
          "rear"
        ],
        [
          "group",
          "group"
        ]
      ],
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        "(rare, possibly obsolete) the people towards the rear of a group"
      ],
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        "obsolete",
        "possibly",
        "rare"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "こーはい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ko̞ːha̠i]"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Kōhai",
    "ja:後輩"
  ],
  "word": "後輩"
}

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      "roman": "senpai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "先輩",
          "せんぱい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "先輩"
    }
  ],
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    "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
    "Japanese lemmas",
    "Japanese links with redundant alt parameters",
    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese terms derived from Middle Chinese",
    "Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 4 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "kohai",
            "alts": "1",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: kohai, kōhai, kouhai",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: kohai, kōhai, kouhai"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "ltc",
        "3": "-",
        "sort": "こうはい"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
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        "lit": "back, behind + people of a certain kind; class, cohort"
      },
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      "name": "ltc-l"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ja",
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        "tr1": "fube"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of フベ (fube)",
      "name": "doublet"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "nodots": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "C.E."
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "CE",
      "name": "CE"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Chinese 後輩 (MC huwX|huwH pwojH, literally “back, behind + people of a certain kind; class, cohort”). Doublet of フベ (fube).\nFirst cited to a text from 827 CE.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "後輩",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "後",
          "こう"
        ],
        [
          "輩",
          "はい"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "kōhai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "koufai",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "こうはい",
      "roman": "koufai",
      "tags": [
        "hiragana",
        "historical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "ja-noun"
    }
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      ],
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      ],
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        ],
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          "member",
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        "Japanese terms with rare senses"
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      ],
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    }
  ],
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    },
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      "ipa": "[ko̞ːha̠i]"
    }
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    "Kōhai",
    "ja:後輩"
  ],
  "word": "後輩"
}

Download raw JSONL data for 後輩 meaning in Japanese (3.0kB)

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  "msg": "HTML tag <span> not properly closed",
  "path": [
    "後輩"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "後輩",
  "trace": "started on line 2, detected on line 2"
}

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  "msg": "no corresponding start tag found for </span>",
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