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  2. Sensei - Wikipedia

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    The word prefaced by the adjective 大, pronounced "dai" (or "ō"), which means "great" or "large", is often translated "grand master". This compound term, "dai-sensei" (大先生), is sometimes used to refer to the top sensei in a particular school or tradition, particularly within the iemoto system.

  3. Japanese honorifics - Wikipedia

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    Sensei (先生、せんせい, literally meaning "born earlier") is used to refer to or address teachers, doctors, politicians, lawyers, and other authority figures. It is used to show respect to someone who has achieved mastery in an art form or some other skill, such as accomplished novelists, musicians, artists, and martial artists .

  4. Grandmaster (martial arts) - Wikipedia

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    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]

  5. List of Go terms - Wikipedia

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    Kiai (気合い) translates as 'fighting spirit', meaning play that is aggressive or where the player takes the initiative. Kiai typically means keeping sente and not letting the opponent have his or her way. A sensei might say, "You play too passively — put some kiai in your moves!” Kiai moves can surprise an opponent and turn the game around.

  6. Honorific speech in Japanese - Wikipedia

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    In English, words of Germanic origin are generally plainer, those from French are generally more flowery (compare "drink" versus "beverage"), and those from Latin are more formal and technical (see Anglish and related articles); similarly in Japanese, words of Japanese origin are plainer, while words of Chinese origin are more formal. These are ...

  7. Shifu - Wikipedia

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    Shifu" is in fact the English spelling of two similar but distinct Chinese words (师傅; shīfù and 师父; shīfu). The only phonetic difference between the two words is the tone of the second syllable. Because English is not a tonal language, in English texts the two words are usually written the same way.

  8. Japanese name - Wikipedia

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    A teacher would be addressed as sensei (先生, "teacher"), while a company president would be addressed as shachō (社長, "company president"). Pronouns meaning "you" (anata (あなた), kimi (きみ), omae (お前)) are uncommon in Japanese, as when used improperly they may be perceived as being affrontive or sarcastic. It is more common ...

  9. Sensei (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Sensei (DC Comics), a fictional villain in the DC Comics universe; Sensei, a fictional penguin from the online game Club Penguin; Sensei (band), a melodic rock band from Jacksonville, Florida "Sensei", a track on the 2017 album Heartbreak on a Full Moon by Chris Brown; Sensei (First Comics), a four-issue limited series published in 1989