"先輩" meaning in 日本語

See 先輩 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: せんぱい
  1. 先に生まれた人。
    Sense id: ja-先輩-ja-noun-lN8xfL-G
  2. 年齢、地位、経験、学問、技術などで自分より上の人。
    Sense id: ja-先輩-ja-noun-EgIziA3q
  3. 同じ学校や職場に先に入った人。
    Sense id: ja-先輩-ja-noun-oqtxbwSu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: 同輩 Translations: senior (英語), superior (英語)
Categories (other): 日本語, 日本語 名詞
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    {
      "word": "後生"
    },
    {
      "word": "後輩"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "日本語",
      "parents": [],
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    },
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      "parents": [],
      "source": "w"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "せんぱい"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "日本語",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "名詞",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "同輩"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "先に生まれた人。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-先輩-ja-noun-lN8xfL-G"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "年齢、地位、経験、学問、技術などで自分より上の人。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-先輩-ja-noun-EgIziA3q"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "同じ学校や職場に先に入った人。"
      ],
      "id": "ja-先輩-ja-noun-oqtxbwSu"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "senior"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "superior"
    }
  ],
  "word": "先輩"
}
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    {
      "word": "後生"
    },
    {
      "word": "後輩"
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    "日本語",
    "日本語 名詞"
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "せんぱい"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "noun",
  "pos_title": "名詞",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "同輩"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "先に生まれた人。"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "年齢、地位、経験、学問、技術などで自分より上の人。"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "同じ学校や職場に先に入った人。"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "senior"
    },
    {
      "lang": "英語",
      "lang_code": "en",
      "word": "superior"
    }
  ],
  "word": "先輩"
}

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