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The Japanese expression of 'sensei' shares the same characters as the Chinese word 先生, pronounced xiānshēng in Standard Chinese. Xiansheng was a courtesy title for a man of respected stature. Middle Chinese pronunciation of this term may have been * senʃaŋ or * sienʃaŋ. [6]
Japanese martial arts often use sensei (先生) to address teachers. Junior and senior students (先輩 and 後輩) are categorized separately based on experience level. In aikidō and some systems of karate, [ citation needed ] O-Sensei (大先生) is the title of the (deceased) head of the style.
Japanese uses honorific constructions to show or emphasize social rank, social intimacy or similarity in rank. The choice of pronoun used, for example, will express the social relationship between the person speaking and the person being referred to, and Japanese often avoids pronouns entirely in favor of more explicit titles or kinship terms. [2]
Japanese martial arts commonly use Sensei (先生) meaning "teacher" or literally translated, "born first" [1] or "one who has gone before". [3] A Sensei is a person who has knowledge and is willing to teach that knowledge to another. A Sensei assists students in ken shiki "the pursuit of knowledge". [3]
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That is, the kanji used for sensei (先生) correspond to ordinary forms of address such as "Mr" or "Ms" (先生 = xiansheng in Pinyin, or -san -さん in Japanese) while the Chinese term for teacher (in an education context only, however) is laoshi (老師), which in Japanese happens to correspond rōshi, which in a Zen context is commonly ...
Shifu is not a rank (like a 'black belt'), but rather, a title, similar to that of 'Sensei' in Japanese Martial Arts'. A shifu was deemed a "father", therefore his disciples would address each other as "brothers" or "sisters", particularly "big brothers" ( 師兄 ; shīxiōng ), "little brothers" ( 師弟 ; shīdì ), "big sisters" ( 師姐 ...
Otogawa, who preferred to be called by his first name, rather than by either of the Japanese Zen honorifics: sensei (teacher) or roshi (master), [2] came to San Francisco, California, United States, from Japan in 1967 in response to an invitation from Shunryu Suzuki-roshi, serving as his assistant at Tassajara Zen Mountain Center until 1970.