► 名詞
先輩 [せんぱい] meaning: senior rank: 2
☆ お前先輩の言うことが聞けないのか？ぶっ殺すぞ ⇨ Are you fucking disobeying my order as your senior? I am gonna fucking kill you (☛ In Japanese society only people who graduated from schools in the same year are real peers, and anybody who graduated earlier is considered your senior you need to obey as your master)
目上 [めうえ] meaning: senior rank: 2
☆ アジアでは誰が目上かということが非常に重要だ ⇨ In Asia it is very important to distinguish who is senior to you
☆ 日本語では目上の人には使えない表現が沢山ある ⇨ In Japanese there are many expressions you can’t use toward your seniors
年功序列 [ねんこうじょれつ] meaning: senior rank: 3
☆ 日本の社会は年功序列式だ ⇨ Japanese society is based on seniority system
年長 [ねんちょう] meaning: senior rank: 3
☆ アジア文化では年長者を尊敬しなくていけない ⇨ You have to respect your seniors in Asian culture
► 形容動詞
年上 [としうえ] meaning: senior rank: 2
☆ 彼は私より三つ年上だ ⇨ He is 3 years older than me (☛ In Asian societies you have to respect anyone who is older than you, even by a year)