How is the word 'sensei' written in Japanese?

先生' is how you write 'sensei' in Japanese for the word 'teacher'. As expected of Japan, 'sensei' can also mean words such as 'tyranny' or 'oath'. read more

The kanji of the word sensei are curious because they have literally nothing to do with education. Most words related to school use kanji with meanings related to school. Like 教 meaning "teaching,", 育 meaning "growing up", or even 学 meaning "science" or "study." The word sensei alone has unrelated kanji. read more

Sensei (can be pronounced "Sensai" as well), Sin Sang, Sonsaeng, Seonsaeng or Xiansheng (先生) is an honorific term shared in Chinese honorifics and Japanese honorifics that is translated as "person born before another" or "one who comes before". read more