sensei

Borrowed from Japanese 先生(せんせい) (sensei, “teacher; elder”), from Middle Chinese 先生 (MC sen sraeng, “master, elder”), from 先 (MC sen, “earlier, first”) + 生 (MC sraeng, “born”). Compare modern Mandarin 先生 (xiānshēng, “Mr.”). Doublet of sinseh, from Hokkien 先生 (sin-seⁿ).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛnseɪ/

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sensei (plural sensei or senseis)

1. A martial arts instructor. Sensei of martial arts usually live and/or work at a dojo where they instruct their apprentices. A live-in apprentice is also called uchi-deshi.

   Synonyms: sifu, shifu

2. A Japanese (language) teacher (sometimes used as a suffix attached to the name of a teacher, principally in translations from Japanese).

• Essien, Neises, Neisse, Nessie, Nieses, Sinese, in esse, insees, sees in, seines

Borrowed from Japanese 先生 (sensei).

• IPA^(key): /sɛn.sej/

sensei m (plural senseis)

1. sensei (martial arts instructor)

Borrowed from Japanese 先生(せんせい) (sensei, “teacher; elder”), from Middle Chinese 先生 (sen-ʂænɡ, “master, elder”), from 先 (“earlier, first”) + 生 (“born”). Compare Min Nan 先生 (sin-seⁿ, “doctor, physician, teacher”). Doublet of sinse.

• IPA^(key): /sen.sei/
• Hyphenation: sén‧séi

sensei (first-person possessive senseiku, second-person possessive senseimu, third-person possessive senseinya)

1. a martial arts instructor.
2. a Japanese (language) teacher.
3. a suffix attached to the name of a teacher (principally in translations from Japanese)

   Yamada-sensei

• sinse

• “sensei” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

sensei

1. Rōmaji transcription of せんせい

Borrowed from Japanese 先生 (せんせい sensei).

sensei

1. teacher

• sensei in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• sensei in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• sensei in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 305.

Borrowed from Japanese 先生 (sensei).

• Hyphenation: sen‧sei

sensei m or f by sense (plural senseis)

1. sensei (martial arts instructor)
2. sensei (a Japanese teacher or master)

Borrowed from Japanese 先生 (sensei).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsensei/ [ˈsẽn.sei̯]
  • Rhymes: -ensei
  • Syllabification: sen‧sei
• IPA^(key): /ˈsense/ [ˈsẽn.se]
  • Rhymes: -ense

sensei m (plural senseis)

1. sensei (martial arts instructor)