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せんせい
Meanings
Noun
1. 先に生まれた人。
原義
2. 学問や芸能を教える人。
3. 教師及び教育関係者（の名）を呼ぶときの敬称。
4. 人を呼ぶときの敬称。
尊敬すべき職業についている
5. 人。御仁。傑物。
諧謔的
Alt. forms
先せん生せい
98%
せんせい
Pitch accent
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Top 24600
Used in: 287
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
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Examples (200 in total)
"Are you a teacher?" "Yes!"
Is that the teacher?
The teacher doesn't teach.
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