Kanji1 / 10
師 kanji
expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N3 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 5 (elementary school)
On readings
シ
Kun readings
いくさ
Words with 師
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N3医師Populardoctor; physician
- N3技師Popularengineer; technical officer
- N3教師Popularteacher; instructor
- N2漁師Popularfisherman
- N2講師Popularspeaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
- N1牧師Popularpastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
- —恩師Popularteacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
- —師事Popularstudying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
- —師匠Popularmaster; teacher; stable master
- —師団Popular(army) division
- —師弟Popularteacher and student
- —師範Popularinstructor (esp. of martial or traditional arts); teacher; master; coach; model; exemplar; pattern; paragon; normal school (Japan; 1872-1947); teachers' training college
- —法師PopularBuddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
- —猟師Popularhunter; huntsman
- —大師Populargreat teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
- —医師会Popularmedical association
- —詐欺師Popularswindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
- —宣教師Popularmissionary
- —美容師Popularbeautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist
- —薬剤師Popularpharmacist; chemist