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  2. Sensei - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese, sensei is still used to address people of both genders. It is likely both the current Southern Chinese and Japanese usages are more reflective of its Middle Chinese etymology. For Hokkien and Teochew communities in Singapore and Malaysia, "Sensei" is the proper word to address school teachers.

  3. Japanese honorifics - Wikipedia

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    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

  4. Chinese titles - Wikipedia

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    Chinese people often address professionals in formal situations by their occupational titles. These titles can either follow the surname (or full name) of the person in reference, or it can stand alone either as a form of address or if the person being referred to is unambiguous without the added surname.

  5. Shifu - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  6. Japanese name - Wikipedia

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    If you can write Moon Jae-in and Xi Jinping in correct order, you can surely write Abe Shinzo the same way. 2 September 2020 [ 42 ] On 21 May 2019, Japanese Foreign Minister Tarō Kōno expressed his hope that foreign media would refer to then-Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in the Japanese custom: family name first (as "Abe Shinzō").

  7. 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

  8. Japanese grammar - Wikipedia

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    Word order is normally subject–object–verb with particles marking the grammatical function of words, and sentence structure is topic–comment. Its phrases are exclusively head-final and compound sentences are exclusively left-branching. [a] Sentence-final particles are used to add emotional or emphatic impact, or make questions.

  9. Hiragana - Wikipedia

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    toukyou) is pronounced [toːkʲoː] 'Tokyo', and せんせい sensei is [seɯ̃seː] 'teacher'. However, とう tou is pronounced [toɯ] 'to inquire', because the o and u are considered distinct, u being the verb ending in the dictionary form.