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    3. 先生

    先生

    先せん生せい

    teacher

    N5KMT2News #2+1CoreEducationKanji Vocab11 strokes

    せんせい

    Noun

    1.
    teacher, instructor, master

    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 languagejocular, humorous term
    4.
    one's elder
    archaic

    Stroke 0 / 11

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    先せん生せい、おはようございます。

    Good morning, teacher.

    KMT1Daily LifeEducation
    私わたしは日に本ほん語ごの先せん生せいです。

    I am a Japanese teacher.

    KMT2EducationDaily Life
    先せん生せいは生せい徒とたちに宿しゅく題だいを出だしました。

    The teacher gave homework to the students.

    KMT2EducationDaily Life
    彼かれは大だい学がくで歴れき史しを教おしえている先せん生せいです。

    He is a teacher who teaches history at the university.

    KMT3EducationHistory
    医い者しゃの先せん生せいに診みてもらいました。

    I was examined by the doctor.

    KMT3Medicine & HealthDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    先
    さき・ま.ず…(2)
    before・ahead・previous・future・precedence
    生
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける・う.まれる・うま.れる・う.まれ…(39)
    life・genuine・birth
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