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輩
輩
15 strokes
Frequency: 1365
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

comrade
fellow
people
companions

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
ハイ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
-ばら
やから
やかい
ともがら

Common Words

先輩
せんぱい
Noun
Freq #1312
1

senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer

Examples
私たちは彼をよき先輩として尊敬している。
We respect him as a good senior.
後輩
こうはい
Noun
Freq #3741
1

junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student

Examples
彼は私より３年後輩です。
He is my junior by three years.
輩
族
やから
Noun
Freq #5435
1

party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow

年配
年輩
ねんぱい
Freq #13223
1

Common noun

(approximate) age; years

Examples
彼女はもっと分別があってよい年配だ。
She is old enough to know better.
2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

elderly; old; aged

Examples
スミス夫人は年配の女性です。
Mrs. Smith is an elderly lady.
3

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

older (than); senior

輩出
はいしゅつ
～する Verb
Noun
Intransitive
Transitive
Freq #23123
1

producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other

我輩
吾輩
我が輩
吾が輩
わがはい
Pronoun
Masculine
Freq #23991
1

Dated term; Nuance of arrogance

I; me; myself

Examples
そんなことを考えながら『我輩はカモである』を再見しました。
Thinking about those sorts of things, I watched "Duck Soup" again.
2

Archaic

we; us; ourselves

輩
原
儕
ばら
Noun suffix
Freq #24601
1

suffixed to words indicating a class of people to create a plural (esp. in impolite contexts)

先輩後輩
せんぱいこうはい
Expression
Freq #33556
1

one's seniors and juniors

2

seniority-based hierarchy

大先輩
だいせんぱい
Noun
Freq #34527
1

someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran

若輩
じゃくはい
弱輩
Noun
Freq #37431
1

young person; youngster

2

Adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi)

greenhorn; novice; inexperienced person

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