What does “Please Notice Me, Senpai” Mean?

Few Japanese words dominate otaku lingo as the word senpai. Senpai, also spelled as sempai, sometimes appears more as punctuation to speech than a proper honorific. It also has a distinctive submissive flavor. Senpai (せんぱい or 先輩) is an honorific used to address someone who is superior to you in status. Honorifics are parts of speech used to denote relationship and social status relative to the sp

[bluesura]

Moe ShopさんのNoticeの歌詞、このトレンド意識して作ったのかなぁ？

[mohno]

「Senpai(先輩)」が"Please notice me, senpai."（私に気付いて、先輩）という意味で使われているらしい。でも野崎くんは千代ちゃんの“先輩”じゃないよな。

[tomoya_edw]

Senpai notice me～

[umai_bow]

かなり前からあるmemeだよ

[daishi_n]

確かロボテックのマクロス編でもリック(一条輝)がフォッカーを「senpai」と呼んでたはず。