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sensei
[ sen-sey ]
noun
- a karate or judo instructor.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of sensei1
< Japanese: teacher, master, doctor < Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese xiānsheng ( xiān ahead + shēng born)
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Example Sentences
The dishes were picked and prepared, the wines selected, and we congregated before our wine sensei.
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They are rewarded in part, no doubt, by the respect which pupils and the general public give to the sensei (teacher).
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Sensei, we saluted politely, why didnt he return the salute?
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Heaven knows the "Skipping Sensei" needs all the prayers of the congregation!
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And, indeed, upon the score of faithfulnessin its legal senseI entertained no doubts.
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The years had passed, yet the rustic had no difficulty in recognizing in the Sensei the one time Jinnosuké.
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