せんせい

See also: せんぜい, ぜんせい, and ぜんぜい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of せんせい – see the following entries.

【先生】 [noun] an elder [noun] a scholar [noun] a teacher or a professor [noun] sensei (Japanese martial arts teacher) [noun] sir, a polite form of address to teachers, doctors, etc. [suffix] a title used after the name of teachers, doctors, lawyers, or certain other professionals

【先制】 [noun] making the first move [verb] to make the first move

【宣誓】 [noun] oath, promise, swearing, vowing, abjuration, pledge, word of honor [verb] take an oath, make a sworn statement, swear an oath

【専制】 [noun] despotism, autocracy (government by a singular authority)

【潜性】 [noun] (biology, genetics) [since 2017] recessiveness [noun] (by extension): latency, hiddenness, invisibility

(This term, せんせい (sensei), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 占星, 戦勢, 潜勢, 先聖, 先世, 専精, 専政, 蝉声, 穿井, 宣制.)