先生

Meaning

1. n
   teacher; instructor; master
2. nn-suf
   sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.
3. n
   intimate or teasing form of address
4. n archaic
   one's elder
5. n rare
   man; boy
6. n archaic
   teacher; instructor; master
7. n archaic
   previous existence

Example sentences

• 私の物理の先生は授業をサボっても気にしない。

  My physics teacher doesn't care if I skip classes.

• 例えば、たばこをぷかぷか吸う先生が、たばこを吸う生徒に注意してもその注意は矛盾しているだろう。

  For example, if a chain-smoking teacher cautions a pupil for smoking, that warning is self-contradictory.

• 診察室を出る間際、先生が「バイバイ」と手を振ってくださいました。

  Just as we were leaving the exam room the doctor waved his hand saying, 'bye-bye'.