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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

先せん生せい

N5
せんせい sensei
  1. teacher
  2. doctor
nounnoun suffix

Chinese meanings

老师;医生(敬称)

Examples

  • 校こう長ちょうが先せん生せいの後うしろから入はいってきた。
    The principal came in after the teacher.
    校长从老师身后走进来。
  • あの先せん生せいの話はなし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"
  }
}