先生

Kana: せんせい

teacher

⛩️ Japanese Level 1 👪 People & Family

Example sentence

あの人は学校の先生です。

あのひとはがっこうのせんせいです。

That person is a school teacher.

What 先生 means

先生 (せんせい) is a Japanese word meaning “teacher”. It appears in the Level 1 collection, under People & Family.

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Level 1

お父さんおとうさん dad; father お母さんおかあさん mom; mother 友達ともだち friend さんさん Mr.; sir (polite name suffix) 学生がくせい student 医者いしゃ doctor 人ひと person; people 名前なまえ name 姉あね older sister 妹いもうと younger sister 兄あに older brother 弟おとうと younger brother

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