senior (at school or work)

Kanji in this word

• 先 before, ahead
• 輩 comrade, fellow

Example sentences

• トムは高校こうこうの先輩せんぱいです。

  Tomu wa koukou no senpai desu.

  Tom and I go to the same high school.

• トムは高校こうこうの2つ上うえの先輩せんぱいです。

  Tomu wa koukou no futsu tsu ue no senpai desu.

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

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

Related words · share a kanji

• 先生 teacher
• 先週 last week
• 先月 last month
• 先生方 teachers
• 連絡先 contact information
• 宛先 address, destination