Word details
師
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 師.
Dictionary
Entry
1
Common noun
teacher; master; mentor
Examples
彼は彼らの師と仰がれた。
He was respected as their teacher.
2
Common noun; Suffix
religious leader
3
Suffix
specialist
4
Historical term; Common noun
five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou dynasty Chinese army)
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
師
expert, teacher, master, model, exemplar, army (incl. counter), war
10 strokesFrequency 563JLPT N2Grade 5
On
シ
Kun
いくさ
Nanori
のしのりもろかずつかさみつもと
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