| 先生 |
| 1. n. an elder | |
| 2. n. a scholar | |
| 3. n. a teacher or a professor | |
| 4. n. sensei (Japanese martial arts teacher) | |
| 5. n. sir, a polite form of address to teachers, doctors, etc. | |
| 6. n. Usage: * This is a term of respect, reserved only for speaking about others, and considered somewhat impolite (immodest) to use when referring to oneself. Instead, the term 教師 is conside | |
| 7. n. Usage: * (U:ja:infkata, センセー) | |
| 8. suffix. a title used after the name of teachers, doctors, lawyers, or certain other professionals | |
| 9. n. (dialect Hakata) teacher, professor | |
