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先
せん
生
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
Kanji used
先
before (timewise)
生
life
Pitch accent
せ
んせ
い
Top 500
Used in: 5055
Composed of
先
せん
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
生
せい
life; living; I; me; student
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
校
こう
長
ちょう
先
せん
生
せい
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
先
せん
生
せい
方
がた
doctors; teachers
担
たん
任
にん
の
先
せん
生
せい
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
大
だい
先
せん
生
せい
great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor
先
せん
生
せい
に
就
つ
く
to study under (a teacher)
カリスマ
先
せん
生
せい
charismatic teacher; charming professor
でもしか
先
せん
生
せい
someone who became a teacher for lack of anything better to do
先
せん
生
せい
と
言
い
われるほどの
馬
ば
鹿
か
でなし
I don't fall for flattery;
(lit.)
(I'm) not so stupid that being called "sensei" (makes me feel good)
先
せん
生
せい
の
述
じゅつ
teachers statement (expounding)
烏
う
有
ゆう
先
せん
生
せい
fictitious person
Examples (200 in total)
「
先
せん
生
せい
ですか？」「はい！」
"Are you a teacher?" "Yes!"
あれは
先
せん
生
せい
ですか。
Is that the teacher?
先
せん
生
せい
が
教
おし
えない。
The teacher doesn't teach.
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