Kanji
輩
N1
15 strokes
Grade 8
freq #1365
comrade, fellow, people, companions
On'yomi (音読み)
ハイ
Kun'yomi (訓読み)
-ばら、 やから、 やかい、 ともがら
On'yomi compounds (音読み)
先輩
せんぱい
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior
後輩
こうはい
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people
輩出
はいしゅつ
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
先輩風
せんぱいかぜ
air of seniority; patronizing attitude of a senior toward a junior
小輩
しょうはい
lowly person; person with a humble salary
大先輩
だいせんぱい
someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran
軽輩
けいはい
underling
輩
はい
group; gang
先輩面
せんぱいづら
air of seniority; patronizing attitude
先輩後輩
せんぱいこうはい
one's seniors and juniors
Kun'yomi words (訓読み)
輩
やから
party (of people); set (of people)
人生の大先輩
じんせいのだいせんぱい
person much older than oneself (who has much more life experience)
人生の先輩
じんせいのせんぱい
person older than oneself (who has more life experience)
先輩ママ
せんぱいママ
(more) experienced mother
吾輩は猫である
わがはいはねこである
I Am a Cat (1906 novel by Natsume Soseki)
不逞の輩
ふていのやから
lawless people; gang
先輩風を吹かす
せんぱいかぜをふかす
to put on a patronizing air
Example sentences
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.
我々（われわれ）は彼（かれ）をよき先輩（せんぱい）として尊敬（そんけい）している。
We look up to him as a good senior.
後輩（こうはい）にノートＰＣをかりた。
I borrowed the notebook PC from the junior staff member.
俺（おれ）も後輩（こうはい）にアドバイスする歳（さい）になったか。
I guess I've reached the age where I have to dispense advice to my underlings.