先輩, せんぱい
1. senior (at work or school), superior, elder, older graduate, progenitor, old-timer
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「あ、は、はい・・・ごめん、玲姉」「コラ。幾ら親戚とはいえ、私は先輩医師よ?院内ではちゃんとケジメをつけなさい」
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"Ah, y-yes ... Sorry, Coz." "Hey! You might be my relative but here I'm your senior and a doctor. Keep things straight while you're in the hospital!"
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「亜佐美先輩が、ヒロシくんが真田先輩とキスした~って泣き喚いていたので」「な、泣き喚いてないよ~」
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"Asami was bawling that you had kissed Sanada so" "I didn't bawl!"
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先輩は、嫌味なくらいの完璧超人でしたからね。だから逆にその「癖」は先輩の可愛げ・・・というか、チャームポイントでしたよ。
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You were always a perfect 'superhuman' to an infuriating extent, and so that 'habit' was actually one of your cute, or rather charming, attributes.
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僕の先輩たちは、純粋な好奇心を抱いて自分たちの疑問を自然に問いかけ、自然が答えるのを待った。
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My predecessors had asked their questions of nature with genuine curiosity and awaited her reply.
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部員は先輩に一人ずつブローチを贈ることにした。
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The club members agreed to present the seniors with a brooch each.
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彼女は先輩を追い越して昇進した。
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She was promoted over the heads of her seniors.
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彼らは先輩に昇進おめでとうと言った。
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They congratulated their 'sempai' on his promotion.
They congratulated their colleague on his promotion.
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彼は仕事の上では私の先輩だ。
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He has more experience on the job than I.
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私たちは彼をよき先輩として尊敬している。
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We respect him as a good senior.
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我々は彼をよき先輩として尊敬している。
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We look up to him as a good senior.
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