セン
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. former; previous; old
Noun
2. first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (91 in total)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
first move (in go, shogi, etc.); moving first; person with the first move; forestalling; (seizing the) initiative