先生
N5せんせい sensei
- teacher
- doctor
nounnoun suffix
Chinese meanings
老师;医生(敬称)
Examples
- 校長が先生の後ろから入ってきた。The principal came in after the teacher.校长从老师身后走进来。
- あの先生の話にはうんざりするよ。That Prof.'s talk is driving me up the wall.我听腻了那位老师说的话。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('814bdc2cec'); // 先生
{
"id": "814bdc2cec",
"word": "先生",
"reading": "せんせい",
"romaji": "sensei",
"meanings": [
"teacher",
"doctor"
],
"level": "N5",
"pos": [
"n",
"n-suf"
],
"jmdict_id": 1387990,
"examples": [
{
"ja": "校長が先生の後ろから入ってきた。",
"furigana": "{校長|こうちょう}が{先生|せんせい}の{後|うし}ろから{入|はい}ってきた。",
"en": "The principal came in after the teacher.",
"tatoeba_id": 173570
},
{
"ja": "あの先生の話にはうんざりするよ。",
"furigana": "あの{先生|せんせい}の{話|はなし}にはうんざりするよ。",
"en": "That Prof.'s talk is driving me up the wall.",
"tatoeba_id": 230655
}
],
"zh": {
"status": "reviewed",
"source_hash": "52c09fe6805e24a6852d1ff6d21c1435ccc118a880d2d5ca863087978dac23e9",
"meanings": [
"老师;医生(敬称)"
],
"examples": [
{
"ja": "校長が先生の後ろから入ってきた。",
"zh": "校长从老师身后走进来。"
},
{
"ja": "あの先生の話にはうんざりするよ。",
"zh": "我听腻了那位老师说的话。"
}
],
"references": [
"upstream vocab/n5/814bdc2cec",
"Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
],
"reviewer": "Codex",
"review_method": "ai",
"reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
"review_hash": "1e5e44b82639618a0e708eccdc11778dc774227bba9ba376625c77b5641cb97a"
}
}