sensei

Meaning

Noun

• A martial arts instructor. Sensei of martial arts usually live and/or work at a dojo where they instruct their apprentices. A live-in apprentice is also called uchi-deshi.
• a Japanese (language) teacher.
• a suffix attached to the name of a teacher (principally in translations from Japanese)

Origin

• Borrowed from Japanese , from , from + . Compare modern Mandarin