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kouhai

kouhai is the alternative spelling 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.

Forms of kouhai

pluralkouhais
pluralkouhai

Questions about kouhai

What is kouhai the alternative spelling of?
Kouhai is the alternative spelling of kohai.

Words near kouhai in the dictionary

  1. Koudougou
  2. koudous
  3. koufta
  4. Kough
  5. Koughs
  6. kouhai
  7. kouhais
  8. Kouhu
  9. kouign-amann
  10. kouign-amanns
  11. Koujeng Leima

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