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kohais

kohais is the plural of kohai.

Meaning of kohai

Noun

kohai (plural kohais or kohai)

  1. A junior member of a group in Japanese arts; mentee.
    • Juniors may forget their obligation to be in turn good seniors. Seniors may demand too much of their juniors. Some kohai are ungrateful. The system of interrelationship, however, continues to follow the form set by the ideal of unselfish sympathy and involvement.1974, Thomas P. Rohlen, For Harmony and Strength: Japanese White-Collar Organization in Anthropological Perspective, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 125
  2. (slang) An underclassman or younger student.

Questions about kohais

What is kohais the plural of?
Kohais is the plural of kohai.

Words near kohais in the dictionary

  1. Koh Samui
  2. Koh-i-Noor
  3. Koh-i-Noors
  4. koha
  5. kohai
  6. kohais
  7. Kohala
  8. Kohan
  9. kohanga reo
  10. kohanim
  11. Kohans

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