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先生せんせい (sensei)

teacher, doctor

  • JLPT N5
  • noun
  • Pitch 3
  • #218 most frequent

Meaning

先生 (せんせい, sensei) is a JLPT N5 noun meaning “teacher, doctor”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

私わたしは日本語にほんごの先生せんせいになりたいです。

I want to become a Japanese teacher.

彼かれの父親ちちおやは先生せんせいです。

His father is a teacher.

先生せんせいのお宅たくはどちらですか。

Which is the teacher's house?

先生せんせいが来くる。

There comes our teacher.

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