
The Meaning of Sensei: More Than Just "Teacher"
The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language
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i really appreciated that in japan, actually being able to call teachers jus sensebecause there were so many names to learn. And if i was talking to someone m a, i could just say, i could call them sense, and i wouldn't have to use their first name yet. I've heard the opposite is true too. Ohrfessoresting seem to have a higher designation, an tits. A might want to be ya referred to as the higher titlethat's interesting. E must se strancomin coats away. Y, don't do that. Yes. Like your if you have a ph d. And you're instructing, and someone calls you professor.
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