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Kanji Detail for 輩 - "fellow, peer, companion"
輩
- Meaning
輩 means "fellow, peer, companion."
Order - Sequence; rank.
To line up - To arrange; to continue in line.
Peers - Companions; fellows; group.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
comrade; fellow; people; companions
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
generation, lifetime; class
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
lifetime; generation; group of people; class; classifier for generations; (literary) classifier for people
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
generation, lifetime; contemporary
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
Rank and order. Such as 前輩 (predecessors), 後輩 (juniors). When there is more than one person, it is called 輩. Such as "we" is 我輩. "You all" is 若輩.
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Sentences including 輩
He has more experience on the job than i.
He is my junior by three years.
We look up to him as a good senior.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
年輩の先生の事だから、艶めかしい回想などを若いものに聞かせるのはわざと慎んでいるのだろうと思った。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
きたなくなった年数の多いものを先輩と呼ぶならば、私はたしかにあなたより先輩でしょう。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
それから若い男だろうか年輩の人だろうかと思案してみるのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
きたなくなった年数の多いものを先輩と呼ぶならば、私はたしかにあなたより先輩でしょう。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
それから若い男だろうか年輩の人だろうかと思案してみるのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha