先輩

せんぱい

senior (at school, work, etc.)

N4 #2,517

Meanings

  1. noun, suffix senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor

Its kanji

In sentences

トムは高校こうこうの先輩せんぱいです。 Tom and I went to the same high school. #2280797

彼かれは仕事しごとの上うえでは私わたしの先輩せんぱいだ。 He has more experience on the job than I. #106634

トムは高校こうこうの2つ上うえの先輩せんぱいです。 Tom and I went to the same high school. He was two years above me. #2280819

彼女かのじょは先輩せんぱいを追おい越こして昇進しょうしんした。 She was promoted over the heads of her seniors. #88233