先生

Meanings

1. teacher; instructor; master
2. sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.
3. intimate or teasing form of address
4. one's elder

Part of speech: noun, noun (suffix)

Kanji

• 先

  Meanings

  before, ahead, previous, future

  On reading

  セン

  Kun reading

  さき、ま.ず

  Strokes

  6

• 生

  Meanings

  life, genuine, birth

  On reading

  セイ、ショウ

  Kun reading

  い.きる、い.かす、い.ける、う.まれる、うま.れる、う.まれ

  Strokes

  5

Example sentences

• われわれの先生は真の意味で紳士です。

  Our teacher is a gentleman in the true sense of the word.

  Tatoeba #191715 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• ぼくはジョーンズ先生に作文を直してもらった。

  I had my composition corrected by Mr Jones.

  Tatoeba #196345 · CC BY 2.0 FR