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先生せんせい

teacher

Noun

先生せんせいに聞ききます。

I'm asking the professor.

Parts of speech

Noun · Noun used as a suffix

The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.

English dictionary meanings

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

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