Japanese word
せんせい
In your course · Chapter 2
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- archaic, honorific
- Level
- A1
- Frequency
- No. 1,296 in the course corpus
Meanings
- teacher
- head start
- initiative
- preemption
- instructor
- master
- sensei
- title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.
- intimate or teasing form of address
- one's elder
- oath
- abjuration
- pledge
Source: Tonada course · JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0 (EDRDG Licence))
Examples
おばさんはせんせいです
My aunt is a teacher.
こうこうのせんせいです
I'm a high school teacher.
やまださんはせんせいですか
Mr. Yamada, are you a teacher?
せんせい、おはようございます
Good morning, teacher.
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