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輩

comrade
Stroke count: 15

Readings

On readingハイ
Kun reading-ばら、やから、やかい、ともがら
JLPT level: N1JōyōGrade 8

Meanings

  1. comradeRtK
  2. fellow
  3. people
  4. companions
  1. producing (people) in great numbers
  2. appearing one after the other

Popular Usage

先輩後輩

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Mnemonic (RtK)

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un- · jail cell · prison bars · car (車)

From "Remembering the Kanji" by James Heisig · Frame 1765

Compound words

先輩せんぱい
senior (at school, work, etc.); superior; elder; older person; predecessor
後輩こうはい
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
同輩どうはい
fellows; comrade; colleague; one's equal
年輩ねんぱい
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; aged
輩出はいしゅつ
producing (people) in great numbers; appearing one after the other
軽輩けいはい
underling
鼠輩そはい
small fry
俗輩ぞくはい
worldlings
朋輩ほうばい
comrade
傍輩ほうばい
comrade
儕輩さいはい
colleagues
若輩者じゃくはいもの
inexperienced person
弱輩者じゃくはいもの
inexperienced person
同年輩どうねんぱい
persons of the same age
先輩ママせんぱいママ
(more) experienced mother
不逞の輩ふていのやから
lawless people
輩出するはいしゅつする
to produc

Additional Examples

彼は年輩の婦人に仕えている。
He waits on an old lady.tatoeba
彼は同輩に相当受けがよい。
He enjoys considerable standing among his peers.tatoeba
彼は私より３年後輩です。
He is my junior by three years.tatoeba
彼は仕事の上では私の先輩だ。
He has more experience on the job than I.tatoeba

Stroke Order

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