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センセイ
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%
センセイ
Pitch accent
セ
ンセ
イ
Top 44300
Used in: 146
Composed of
セン
former; previous; old; first move (in go, shogi, etc.); opening move
セイ
life; living
Used in vocabulary (8 in total)
コウチョウ
センセイ
school principal; school headmaster; school headmistress
センセイ
ガタ
doctors; teachers; lawyers
タンニンノ
センセイ
class teacher; homeroom teacher; home room teacher; form teacher
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Examples (200 in total)
「
せんせい
センセイ
ですか？」「はい！」
"Are you a teacher?" "Yes!"
あれは
せんせい
センセイ
ですか。
Is that the teacher?
せんせい
センセイ
と
話
はな
します。
I'll speak with the teacher.
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