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せんせい

nounnoun, used as a suffix

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nounnoun, used as a suffix

Meanings

  1. 1.

    teacher; instructor; master

    noun
  2. 2.

    sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.

    nounnoun, used as a suffixhonorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
  3. 3.

    intimate or teasing form of address

    nounfamiliar languagejocular, humorous term
  4. 4.

    one's elder

    orig. meaning

    nounarchaism

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Example sentences


The teacher is kind.


I have a question for the teacher.


The teacher teaches Japanese.


The teacher's stories are interesting.


That teacher is famous.