As a slang term for [先輩]{せんぱい}, パイセン doesn't seem to be very popular. I occasionally hear it used among young people. Is it mostly a term used in Tokyo (dialectal)? Where did it come from? My impression is that this term has been around so long that it is unlikely Internet slang.
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ok. then that kanji read as senpai. and your katakana is saying paisen. thats why i suggested. here is my find :https://matome.naver.jp/odai/2142185449328216601 – アニケン＿スカイワカー Nov 21 '19 at 04:08
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8@アニケン, ハワイ(Hawaii)→ワイハ みたいなやつじゃないですかね‥‥ グラサンとかパイオツ（（ Edit あ、これこれ→ https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%80%92%E8%AA%9E – chocolate Nov 21 '19 at 04:12
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@Chocolate はじめて聞きましたのでちょっとびっくり！ 例文はたくさんあります。知らないことの勉強になりましてありがとうございました。 – アニケン＿スカイワカー Nov 21 '19 at 04:18
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2Related: https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/62941/7810 – broccoli forest Nov 21 '19 at 07:50
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3Sounds like a similar thing to French' verlen (I think that's how it's spelled) where they reverse parts of the word for reasons. – ratchet freak Nov 21 '19 at 12:10
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2@ratchetfreak The correct spelling is verlan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verlan :) – Marco Nov 21 '19 at 13:47
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@Chocolate, 以下にちゃんとしたお答えを投稿してはいかがですか。^_^ – Eiríkr Útlendi Nov 22 '19 at 16:31
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As Japanese can be written vertical too, Paisen results in reading the kanji from below to above. It is an internet slang popularized by comedy artists Yano and Yano.
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