せんせい

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of せんせい – see the following entries.
先生
an elder
a scholar
a teacher or a professor
sensei (Japanese martial arts teacher)
sir, a polite form of address to teachers, doctors, etc.
a title used after the name of teachers, doctors, lawyers, or certain other professionals
先制
making the first move
to make the first move
宣誓
oath, promise, swearing, vowing, abjuration, pledge, word of honor
take an oath, make a sworn statement, swear an oath
専制
despotism, autocracy (government by a singular authority)
潜性
(biology, genetics) recessiveness
(by extension): latency, hiddenness, invisibility
(This term, せんせい (sensei), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 占星, 戦勢, 潜勢, 先聖, 先世, 専精, 専政, 蝉声, 穿井, 宣制.)