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6 exact word matches found in search 'せんせい'
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Most common form: 先生
noun
1. teacher; master; doctor  (honorific)
suffix
2. with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific  (honorific)
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Most common form: 宣誓
oath; abjuration; pledge
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Most common form: 先制
head start; initiative; preemption
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despotism; autocracy
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recessiveness  (see also: 劣性; obscure term)
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noun
ancient sage; Confucius
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6 words found beginning with 'せんせい'
noun
Shaanxi Province (China)
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expression
I don't fall for flattery; (I'm) not so stupid that being called "sensei" (makes me feel good)  (see also: 先生:せんせい)
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noun
absolutism; despotism
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noun
first goal; first point  (sports term)
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noun
preemptive strike; first to the punch  (see also: 先制, パンチ)
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noun
astrology
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23 partial word matches found in search 'せんせい'
so; really; seeming  (see also: そう; regional dialect: Kansai-ben)
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numeric
1,000; thousand  (阡 and 仟 are used in legal documents)
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Most common form:
noun
1. height; stature
2. back; spine  (this meaning is restricted to reading せ)
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noun, noun (suffix)
1. line; stripe; stria
2. line (e.g. telephone line); wire
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Most common form:
noun
stopper; cork; stopcock
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noun, noun (suffix)
selection; choice; choosing; picking; election
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Most common form: んと
interjection (kandoushi)
1. yes; yeah; uh huh  (see also: うん)
2. huh?; what?
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Most common form:
particle
1. indicates possessive  (see also: ; occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之)
2. nominalizes verbs and adjectives
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Most common form:
noun (prefix)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
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noun
consequence; outcome; result; blame  (often ...のせい; often written with kana only)
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Most common form:
noun
1. height; stature
2. back; spine
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Most common form:
noun
1. surname; family name
2. hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)  (see also: ; this meaning is restricted to reading せい)
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noun, noun (suffix)
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation; control; government; suppression; restraint; holding back; establishment
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1. (logical) true; regular
numeric
2. 10^40; ten thousand undecillion
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Most common form:
noun
1. nature (of a person)
2. sex
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noun
1. spirit; sprite; nymph
2. energy; vigor (vigour); strength
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noun, noun (suffix)
-made; make
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particle
strengthens a question, assertion, etc.  (see also: かい, ぞい, だい, わい; familiar language)
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Most common form:
noun
1. stomach
2. Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)  (see also: 胃宿, 白虎; astronomy, etc. term)
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noun
well
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Most common form:
noun, noun (suffix)
medicine; the healing art; healing; curing; doctor
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greatness
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Most common form:
counter
1. rank; place (e.g. first place)
2. decimal place
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