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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
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Used in: 280
Composed of
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
life; living; I; me; student
Used in vocabulary (10 in total)
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
doctors; teachers
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor
to study under (a teacher)
charismatic teacher; charming professor
someone who became a teacher for lack of anything better to do
fictitious person
teachers statement (expounding)
I don't fall for flattery; (lit.) (I'm) not so stupid that being called "sensei" (makes me feel good)
Examples (200 in total)
"Are you a teacher?" "Yes!"
Is that the teacher?
The teacher doesn't teach.
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