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How to say "teacher" in Japanese

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先生 せんせい
(noun) teacher
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先生 せんせい 教室 きょうしつ います います
(The) teacher is in (the) classroom.
わたし 先生 せんせい に…なり なり に…なり たい たい
I want to become (a) teacher.
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Saying Goodbye with Thank You
ありがとう ありがとう 先生 せんせい
Thank you, teacher
Saying Goodbye with Thank You
ありがとう ありがとう 先生 せんせい
Thank you, teacher
Types of People 1
先生 せんせい
teacher
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師匠 ししょう
(noun) master; teacher
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彼女 かのじょ 生け花 いけばな 師匠 ししょう です です
She's (a) flower arrangement teacher.
師匠 ししょう から から 色々 いろいろ こと こと 教わった おそわった
(My) master taught (me) a lot of things.
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All About Keigo - Part 6 of 7
とりあえず とりあえず ございます ございます 付け つけ ときゃ ときゃ 何とか なんとか なる なる かな かな みたい みたい 感じ かんじ 師匠 ししょう よく よく 怒られた おこられた もん もん
At any rate, adding an honorific "to be" should work somehow was how it felt, and I often got scolded lots by my master too.
Mari the Blade Master Dog
さすが さすが 師匠 ししょう
that's my Master for you.
Asakusa Kid: Maybe I'll Become a Geisha - Movie Clip
ああ ああ いい いい いいから いいから / そう そう / うん うん / いつも いつも ありがと ありがと 師匠 ししょう / おう おう
Ah, (it's) fine. (I'm) alright. / Oh? / Yep. / Thanks as always, Master. / Uh-huh.
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教師 きょうし
(noun) (none) (none) teacher (classroom)
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あね 職業 しょくぎょう 教師 きょうし です です
(My) older sister is (a) teacher.
教師 きょうし として として なな 年間 ねんかん 働いて はたらいて いる いる
(I've) been working as (a) teacher for 7 years.
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Changing the Life of a Student - Part 2 of 2
わたし いま でも でも 教師 きょうし 続けて つづけて います います
Even now, I am continuing to be a teacher.
Four Different Ways to Say "Next To"
皆さん みなさん こんにちは こんにちわ 日本語 にほんご 教師 きょうし 手塚 てづか です です
Hello, everyone! (I'm) Tezuka (the) Japanese instructor.
What If There Were No Taxes?
皆さん みなさん 目の敵 めのかたき して して いた いた 公務員 こうむいん もう もう いない いない ので ので 今日 きょう から から 教師 きょうし 全員 ぜんいん 会社員 かいしゃいん です です
Since there are no longer any government workers that you all despised so deeply, all teachers will be company employees from today forward.
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担任 たんにん
(noun) (none) (none) homeroom teacher; in charge (of something)
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担任 たんにん 先生 せんせい 好き すき です です
I like my homeroom teacher.
その その 仕事 しごと 担任 たんにん する する
I'm in charge of this job.
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Changing the Life of a Student - Part 2 of 2
六年生 ろくねんせい なる なる わたし かれ 担任 たんにん ではなく でわなく なりました なりました
After he reached the sixth grade, I was no longer his homeroom teacher.
Changing the Life of a Student - Part 1 of 2
それ それ わたし 五年生 ごねんせい 担任 たんにん なった なった とき のこと のこと でした でした
It takes place when I had become the fifth-grade homeroom teacher.
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教頭 きょうとう
(noun) head teacher; vice-principal

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わたし たち 学校 がっこう 新しい あたらしい 教頭 きょうとう 先生 せんせい 来る くる そうだ そうだ
A hew vice-principal is coming to our school.
彼女 かのじょ 高校 こうこう 教頭 きょうとう なり なり たい たい 思って おもって いる いる
She's thinking of becoming a high school head teacher.
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Masami Yamamoto's Comedy Skit - "One Day at School"
教頭 きょうとう お昼 おひる 弁当 べんとう 食べて たべて
When I was eating lunch with the vice-principal,
Masami Yamamoto's Comedy Skit - "One Day at School"
ああ ああ もちろん もちろん 教頭 きょうとう かけられました かけられました
Yes, of course, the vice principal got hit too.
Masami Yamamoto's Comedy Skit - "One Day at School"
わたし ティラノザウルス てぃらのざうるす 教頭 きょうとう 小柳 こやなぎ ルミ子 るみこ です です
I'm a tyrannosaurus, and the vice principal's Koyanagi Rumiko.
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