•ο δάσκαλος στην ιαπωνική γλώσσα, τιμητικός τίτλος για κάποιον που κατέχει άριστα κάποια τέχνη και μπορεί να τη διδάξει· λέγεται συχνά για τις πολεμικές τέχνες
master (person with extensive skill or ability; one who has mastered something) · expert (person with extensive ability or knowledge) · champion (winner in a contest)
çekim: çoğul mestarit · tamlayan mestarin
köken: Borrowed from Old Swedish mæstare (compare Swedish mästare). First attested in 1380 (in Muremestare). Doublet of maisteri.
sensei · sensei, a suffix attached to the name of a teacher (principally in translations from Japanese)
çekim: çoğul sensei-sensei
köken: Borrowed from Japanese 先生(せんせい) (sensei, “teacher; elder”), from Middle Chinese 先生 (sen-ʂænɡ, “master, elder”), from 先 (“earlier, first”) + 生 (“born”). Compare Min Nan 先生 (sin-seⁿ, “doctor, physician, teacher”). Doublet of sinse.