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先生 (せんせい): Teacher — Japanese vocabulary

先生 is read せんせい and means "Teacher". JLPT N5 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

先生

Reading
せんせい · sensei
Translation
Teacher
Level
JLPT N5
Pitch accent
せんせいが

Example

先生に質問します。

せんせいにしつもんします。

I ask the teacher a question.

Kanji in this word

  • 先 — previous, ahead
  • 生 — life, birth

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