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  1. 02-19-2016 11:02 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tisharu View Post
    Please no. I'm glad they went with Mentor. I cringe every time I see the word Senpai.
    It just mean something like upper classmate or senior.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Felis View Post
    It just mean something like upper classmate or senior.
    Yeah... in Japan
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    The patch notes look great, with some really unexpected changes, and I'm really looking forward to 3.2 - even more so than after the trailer.

    Quote Originally Posted by BrokenFox View Post
    Yeah... in Japan
    While this is sorta off-topic, I actually think senpai (and its counterpart, kouhai), would be useful loanwords for a few European languages, English included. While there is the junior/senior pair in English, it doesn't quite capture the same meaning and nuance as kouhai/senpai do, because junior/senior are (to my understanding, I'm not a native speaker) sort of contextually tied to age, whereas kouhai/senpai can be used in any situation (be it work, sports, education, or whatever) where there's a difference in experience, regardless of age. German, as another example, has absolutely no equivalent to either junior/senior or kouhai/senpai, and would really benefit from the pair as loanwords. You may call me a weeaboo now.
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  4. 02-20-2016 02:02 AM #4
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    Quote Originally Posted by _slowpoke_ View Post
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    It does relate directly to age, but also to experience. It could easily be used in the same context as senpai/kouhai, but english simply doesn't creat that kind of relationship with those words. The translation is accurate, but the culture is different. For example in activities a younger person could be your senior, or rank. They would just be addressed as sir or some such though.

    I dunno, I'm pretty happy with the patch notes though. There isn't anything that i facepalmed. So, that's a win.
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