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Kotomora

輩

comrade, fellow, people, companions

JLPTN1StatusJōyō · secondary schoolFrequencyTop 2,000Strokes15

Readings

On'yomi

  • ハイ

Kun'yomi

  • -ばら
  • やから
  • やかい
  • ともがら

Meaning

輩 centers on a group of people who share a common bond or status: comrades, fellows, companions, or people of the same kind.

Most common words using 輩

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  • 先輩せんぱい
    N4

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

  • 後輩こうはい
    N3

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

  • 輩やから

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

  • 輩出はいしゅつ

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

  • 我輩わがはい

    I; me; myself

  • 若輩じゃくはい

    young person; youngster

  • 同輩どうはい

    fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal

  • 下輩かはい

    inferior; low-class person

  • 不逞の輩ふていのやから

    lawless people; gang; malcontents; recalcitrants

  • 人生の先輩じんせいのせんぱい

    person older than oneself (who has more life experience)

  • 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)

  • 余輩よはい

    we; us

  • 俗輩ぞくはい

    worldlings; the crowd

  • 儕輩さいはい

    colleagues; fellows; comrades

  • 先輩ママせんぱいママ

    (more) experienced mother

  • 先輩後輩せんぱいこうはい

    one's seniors and juniors

  • 先輩面せんぱいづら

    air of seniority; patronizing attitude

  • 先輩風を吹かすせんぱいかぜをふかす

    to put on a patronizing air

  • 同年輩どうねんぱい

    persons of the same age

  • 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)

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Etymology

輩 combines 非 (likely a phonetic element) with 車 (vehicle), suggesting a group of vehicles or a rank of people traveling together. The exact historical development is uncertain.

Meaning mnemonic

A line of 車 (vehicles) arranged in a 非 (row) represents a group of comrades or fellows traveling together.

Reading mnemonic

For ハイ, imagine a group of comrades shouting 'Hi!' to each other as they ride in their vehicles: Hi -> ハイ.