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先生 [ichi1,news1,nf02]
【せんせい [ichi1,news1,nf02] 】

[n]
▶ teacher
▶ instructor
▶ master

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 2841735 先生【せんじょう】 1. teacher; instructor; master

[n,n-suf] [hon]
▶ sensei
▶ [expl] title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 2841453 先生と言われるほどの馬鹿でなし【せんせいといわれるほどのばかでなし】 1. I don't fall for flattery; (I'm) not so stupid that being called "sensei" (makes me feel good)

[n] [fam,joc]
▶ [expl] intimate or teasing form of address

[n] [arch]
《orig. meaning》
▶ one's elder

History:

8.	A 2020-05-26 00:01:30 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Additionally, in my copy of Geisha in Rivalry by Kafū Nagai the "sensei" is not capitalized when used as a form of address.
7.	A 2020-05-26 00:00:01 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I would not be putting a capital letter on it in English. When I was a professor (no capital) people called me "Professor Breen", which is correct. However, we don't put "Professor" (with a capital) in a dictionary entry just because it's (also) used as a title.
6.	A* 2020-05-25 19:55:13 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	used as a title or form of address (as per the gloss), it should be capitalized, no?
5.	A* 2020-05-25 12:42:52 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -26 +26 @@ -<gloss>Sensei</gloss> +<gloss>sensei</gloss>
4.	A 2019-10-09 18:03:58 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	Seems fine.
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3.	A* 2019-10-09 15:17:46 Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	OED: sensei, n. 1) In Japan or with reference to Japanese culture: (a respectful title or form of address for) a teacher, master, or skilled artist. Also in extended use: a guide or mentor.
	Comments:	it may be useful to make sense 1 simply mean "teacher" as a common noun and make sense 2 mean the honorific title/address also, "sensei" should be captured as a gloss for E-J somewhere (currently we have no entry for "sensei") i'm not sure how best to translate sense 3 i'm also splitting out the archaic reading. they really don't overlap very much
	Diff:	@@ -16,4 +15,0 @@ -<r_ele> -<reb>せんじょう</reb> -<re_inf>&ok;</re_inf> -</r_ele> @@ -22 +17,0 @@ -<misc>&hon;</misc> @@ -23,0 +19 @@ +<gloss>instructor</gloss> @@ -25 +20,0 @@ -<gloss>doctor</gloss> @@ -28 +23,2 @@ -<pos>&suf;</pos> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<pos>&n-suf;</pos> @@ -30 +26,2 @@ -<gloss>with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific</gloss> +<gloss>Sensei</gloss> +<gloss g_type="expl">title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.</gloss> @@ -33 +29,0 @@ -<stagr>せんじょう</stagr> @@ -35 +31,6 @@ -<xref type="see" seq="1393480">前生</xref> +<misc>&fam;</misc> +<misc>&joc;</misc> +<gloss g_type="expl">intimate or teasing form of address</gloss> +</sense> +<sense> +<pos>&n;</pos> @@ -37 +38,2 @@ -<gloss>previous existence</gloss> +<s_inf>orig. meaning</s_inf> +<gloss>one's elder</gloss>
2.	A 2012-07-01 07:35:35 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	I think "hon" covers it. You shouldn't use honorifics when referring to yourself or your family, so yes don't say your father/mother is a 先生, etc.
1.	A* 2012-06-28 13:54:53 Marcus
	Refs:	daijs
	Comments:	shouldn't sense 1 be at least [pol], if not [hon]-tagged? I remember being told that calling your own parents (if they happen to be teachers) 先生 as opposed to 教授 comes across as arrogant.
	Diff:	@@ -16,0 +16,4 @@ +<r_ele> +<reb>せんじょう</reb> +<re_inf>&ok;</re_inf> +</r_ele> @@ -18,0 +22,1 @@ +<misc>&hon;</misc> @@ -24,0 +29,1 @@ +<misc>&hon;</misc> @@ -26,0 +32,7 @@ +<sense> +<stagr>せんじょう</stagr> +<pos>&n;</pos> +<xref type="see" seq="1393480">前生</xref> +<misc>&arch;</misc> +<gloss>previous existence</gloss> +</sense>

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