junior, younger colleague

Kanji in this word

• 後 after, behind
• 輩 comrade, fellow

Example sentences

• トムは高校こうこうの後輩こうはいです。

  Tomu wa koukou no kouhai desu.

  Tom and I go to the same high school.

• トムは高校こうこうの2コ下かの後輩こうはいです。

  Tomu wa koukou no ni ko ka no kouhai desu.

  Tom and I went to the same high school. He was two years below me.

Example sentences from the Tatoeba Project, CC-BY 2.0 FR.

Related words · share a kanji

• 午後 p.m.; afternoon
• 後ろ behind; back
• 最後 the last, end
• 後継者 successor
• 後悔 regret
• 前後 before and after, context