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JLPT N5 · Noun

先生 (sensei)

先生 (せんせい, sensei) is a Japanese noun meaning “teacher; instructor”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
せんせい
Romaji
sensei
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. teacher; instructor; master · noun
  2. sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc. · noun, suffix noun · honorific
  3. intimate or teasing form of address · noun · familiar, jocular
  4. one's elder · noun · archaic · orig. meaning

Example sentences

われわれの先生は真の意味で紳士です。
Our teacher is a gentleman in the true sense of the word.
Tatoeba #191715
ぼくはジョーンズ先生に作文を直してもらった。
I had my composition corrected by Mr Jones.
Tatoeba #196345

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 先生

先
before, ahead, previousセン・さき・ま.ず · 6 strokes
生
life, genuine, birthセイ・ショウ・い.きる・い.かす · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 先生.

先さきpoint先月せんげつlast month先週せんしゅうlast week先輩せんぱいsenior (at school, work, etc.)先日せんじつthe other day先行せんこうgoing ahead先程さきほどa short while ago先祖せんぞancestor先端せんたんpointed end先頭せんとうhead (of a line, group, etc.)祖先そせんancestorお先におさきにbefore真っ先まっさきthe head先々月せんせんげつmonth before last

Source: JMdict entry 1387990 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.