Vocab Info
N5 Noun, Noun suffix
先生teacher, master, doctor
Dictionary Definition
Common
- Noun - 1. - teacher, instructor, master 
 
- Noun, Noun suffix - 2. - sensei, title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language
 
- Noun - 3. - intimate or teasing form of address Familiar language, Jocular, humorous term
- 4. - one's elder Archaic, orig. meaning
 
All Forms
先生 【せんせい】
Details
- せ 
- ん 
- せ 
- い 
 
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Examples
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- 彼は先生ですか? - Is he a teacher? - N5
 
- 私のクラスの先生は女の人です。 - The teacher in my class is a lady. - N5
 
- 親が子供に:「どの先生が、お気に入りなの?」 - Parent to child: 'Which teacher is your favorite?' - N5
 
- 職員室へ先生に質問をしに行く。 - I'm going to the faculty room to ask my teacher a question. - N5
 
- その先生は昔タレントだったと聞いたことがあります。 - I have heard that teacher used to be a TV personality. - N4
 
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