輩
comrade, fellow, people, companions
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
20 of 34- 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)
Study
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.