後輩
See also: 后辈
Chinese edit
back; behind; rear back; behind; rear; afterwards; after; later |
contemporaries; generation; lifetime | ||
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trad. (後輩) | 後 | 輩 | |
simp. (后辈) | 后 | 辈 |
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
後輩
Synonyms edit
- (younger generation):
Antonyms edit
- (younger generation):
Descendants edit
See also edit
Japanese edit
Kanji in this term | |
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後 | 輩 |
こう Grade: 2 |
はい Grade: S |
kan’on |
Etymology edit
From Middle Chinese 後輩 (MC huwX|huwH pwojH, literally “back, behind + people of a certain kind; class, cohort”).
First cited to a text from 827 CE.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
- [from 1913] a member of a younger class
- [from circa 1220] someone born later, junior member of a group, kohai
- [from 827] (rare, possibly obsolete) the people towards the rear of a group
Antonyms edit
- 先輩 (senpai)
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
Korean edit
Hanja in this term | |
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後 | 輩 |
Noun edit
Vietnamese edit
chữ Hán Nôm in this term | |
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後 | 輩 |
Noun edit
後輩