先生せんせい (sensei)

teacher, doctor

  • JLPT N5
  • noun
  • Pitch 3
  • #218 most frequent

Meaning

先生 (せんせい, sensei) is a JLPT N5 noun meaning “teacher, doctor”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 12

私わたしは 日本語にほんごの 先生せんせいになりたいです。

I want to become a Japanese teacher.

彼かれの 父親ちちおやは 先生せんせいです。

His father is a teacher.

先生せんせいのお 宅たくはどちらですか。

Which is the teacher's house?

先生せんせいが 来くる。

There comes our teacher.