先輩
せんぱい
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate
Meaning
- senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
Example sentences
「あ、は、はい・・・ごめん、玲姉」「コラ。幾ら親戚とはいえ、私は先輩医師よ?院内ではちゃんとケジメをつけなさい」
"Ah, y-yes ... Sorry, Coz." "Hey! You might be my relative but here I'm your senior and a doctor. Keep things straight while you're in the hospital!"
「亜佐美先輩が、ヒロシくんが真田先輩とキスした~って泣き喚いていたので」「な、泣き喚いてないよ~」
"Asami was bawling that you had kissed Sanada so" "I didn't bawl!"
先輩は、嫌味なくらいの完璧超人でしたからね。だから逆にその「癖」は先輩の可愛げ・・・というか、チャームポイントでしたよ。
You were always a perfect 'superhuman' to an infuriating extent, and so that 'habit' was actually one of your cute, or rather charming, attributes.