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せんせい
Meanings
Noun
1. teacher; instructor; master
Noun
Suffix
Honorific
2. sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.
Noun
Familiar language
Humorous
3. intimate or teasing form of address
4. one's elder
orig. meaning
Alt. forms
先
せん
生
せい
98%
せんせい
Pitch accent
せ
んせ
い
Top 24400
Used in: 280
Composed of
せん
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
せい
life; living; I; me; student
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
こうちょう
せんせい
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
せんせい
がた
doctors; teachers
たんにんの
せんせい
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
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Examples (200 in total)
「
せんせい
ですか?」「はい!」
"Are you a teacher?" "Yes!"
あれは
せんせい
ですか。
Is that the teacher?
せんせい
が
教
おし
えない。
The teacher doesn't teach.
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