朋ほう輩ばい

noun

comrade; colleague; fellow member

Refers to a person who shares the same group, workplace, school, or apprenticeship; often implies a sense of camaraderie or shared experience. Slightly formal or old-fashioned in modern casual speech.

• 彼かれとは大だい学がく時じ代だいの朋ほう輩ばいで、今いまでもよく連れん絡らくを取とり合あっている。

  He is a fellow student from my university days, and we still keep in touch often.

• 同おなじ道どう場じょうで修しゅ行ぎょうした朋ほう輩ばいたちと再さい会かいした。

  I reunited with my fellow apprentices who trained at the same dojo.