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
Kanji used
before (timewise)
life
Pitch accent
んせ
Top 500
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
I don't fall for flattery; (lit.) (I'm) not so stupid that being called "sensei" (makes me feel good)
teachers statement (expounding)
① 仮に設定した、実在しない人物。架空の人物。
Examples (200 in total)
"Are you a teacher?" "Yes!"
Is that the teacher?
The teacher doesn't teach.