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後輩 (こうはい, kouhai) Japanese meaning: junior | Kotomora
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He is my junior from university.
I teach my junior colleague how to do the work.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 は 〈 人ひと 〉 の 後こう 輩はい だ X is Y's junior (in a school, club, or workplace)
Mr. Tanaka is my junior at the company.
後こう 輩はい ができる to get a junior/underclassman (e.g. when new members join)
New employees joined, and I got a junior for the first time.
後こう 輩はい の 指し 導どう をする to mentor/train a junior
Mentoring my junior as a senpai is tough.
後こう 輩はい をかわいがる to be affectionate toward / look out for one's junior
He always looks out for his juniors kindly.
Expressions 先せん 輩ぱい 後こう 輩はい one's seniors and juniors; senior-junior relationship · seniority-based hierarchy; hierarchical system Related words 後輩 specifically marks someone as junior in seniority, whereas 同僚 refers to a colleague of equal standing with no seniority implied.
後輩 is based on relative seniority or experience (e.g. school year), while 部下 specifically means a subordinate in a formal organizational hierarchy.
後輩 refers to a specific junior colleague or classmate in a direct relationship, while 後進 is a broader, more formal term for the younger generation as a whole.
後輩 refers to a junior in the same school or organization based on entry order, whereas 目下 more generally covers anyone of lower rank or age.
Don't confuse with 後輩 refers to someone junior in rank or seniority (e.g. at school or work), while 年下 refers purely to age, regardless of rank.
後輩 (junior colleague/underclassman) is pronounced identically to 荒廃 (ruin, devastation) but has a completely unrelated meaning.
Counted with The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).
Etymology Composed of 後 (after, later) and 輩 (comrade, fellow), literally meaning 'later comrade' or 'one who comes after'.
