シ
Meanings
Noun
1. teacher; master; mentor
I have gained the world's best master.
Noun
Suffix
2. religious leader
Suffix
3. specialist
He's far better than your run-of-the-mill healer.
Noun
Historical
4. five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
シ
Used in vocabulary (218 in total)
lion; left-hand (stone) guardian lion-dog at a Shinto shrine
engineer; technical officer
acupuncturist
Examples (10 in total)
A master's orders are absolute.
I'm a locksmith.
You learned from a good master, didn't you.
She regards him as her master.
I have gained the world's best master.
That is my master's way.
He's far better than your run-of-the-mill healer.
My daughter is now studying painting under a good teacher.
That is precisely why what welled up for my late master was a feeling of respect.
A good craftsman takes pride in his work.