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  2. Sensei - Wikipedia

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    The term "先生", read sensei in Japanese, hsien sheng/xiansheng in Chinese, seonsaeng in Korean, and tiên sinh in Vietnamese, is an honorific used in the Sinosphere. The term literally means "person born before another" or "one who comes before". [1] In general usage, it is used, with proper form, after a person's name and means "teacher".

  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. Template:Translate wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    This template is a simplified wrapper around {{Google translation}}, specifically to translate articles from other language Wikipedias to English. As with {{ Google translation }} , the template creates an external link to a Google Translate page, with the destination language set to English.

  5. List of jōyō kanji - Wikipedia

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    This article should specify the language of its non-English content, using {}, {{transliteration}} for transliterated languages, and {} for phonetic transcriptions, with an appropriate ISO 639 code. Wikipedia's multilingual support templates may also be used. See why. (October 2023)

  6. Sansei - Wikipedia

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    Sansei (三世, "third generation") is a Japanese and North American English term [1] used in parts of the world (mainly in South America and North America) to refer to the children of children born to ethnically Japanese emigrants in a new country of residence, outside of Japan.

  7. Ankō Itosu - Wikipedia

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    Ankō Itosu (糸洲 安恒, Okinawan: Ichiji Ankō, Japanese: Itosu Ankō, 1831 – 11 March 1915) is considered by many the father of modern karate.This title is also often given to Gichin Funakoshi because of the latter spreading karate throughout Japan, but only after Ankō sensei had introduced the art of Okinawate to the country.

  8. Chōjun Miyagi - Wikipedia

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    Sensei Miyagi was born in Higashimachi, Naha, Okinawa on April 25, 1888. One of his parents was a wealthy shop owner. Chojun Miyagi began studying Okinawan martial arts under Ryuko Aragaki at age 11. [3] At age 14, Miyagi was introduced to Kanryo Higashionna (Higaonna Kanryō) by Aragaki. Under his tutelage, Miyagi underwent a very long and ...

  9. 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]