See sensei on Wiktionary
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"romaji"
],
[
"せんせい",
"せんせい#Japanese"
]
],
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]
}
],
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}
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"2": "ja",
"3": "先生",
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},
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"name": "bor"
}
],
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"2": "noun"
},
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"name": "head"
}
],
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{
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"Pages with entries",
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"Palauan nouns",
"Palauan terms borrowed from Japanese",
"Palauan terms derived from Japanese",
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"pau:Occupations"
],
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"teacher"
],
"links": [
[
"teacher",
"teacher"
]
]
}
],
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}
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"categories": [
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"Pages with entries",
"Portuguese 2-syllable words",
"Portuguese countable nouns",
"Portuguese entries with incorrect language header",
"Portuguese feminine nouns",
"Portuguese lemmas",
"Portuguese masculine and feminine nouns by sense",
"Portuguese masculine nouns",
"Portuguese nouns",
"Portuguese nouns with multiple genders",
"Portuguese terms borrowed from Japanese",
"Portuguese terms derived from Japanese",
"Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"pt:Occupations"
],
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"3": "先生",
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},
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}
],
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{
"form": "senseis",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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{
"args": {
"1": "mfbysense"
},
"expansion": "sensei m or f by sense (plural senseis)",
"name": "pt-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"sen‧sei"
],
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"sensei (martial arts instructor)"
],
"links": [
[
"sensei",
"sensei#English"
]
],
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"by-personal-gender",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"sensei (a Japanese teacher or master)"
],
"links": [
[
"sensei",
"sensei#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"by-personal-gender",
"feminine",
"masculine"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/sẽˈsej/",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[sẽˈseɪ̯]",
"tags": [
"Brazil"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sẽˈsɐj/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sẽˈsɐj/",
"tags": [
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sẽˈsej/",
"tags": [
"Northern",
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sẽˈsej/",
"tags": [
"Central",
"Portugal"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/sẽˈse/",
"tags": [
"Portugal",
"Southern"
]
}
],
"word": "sensei"
}
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"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "es",
"2": "ja",
"3": "先生",
"tr": "sensei"
},
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"name": "bor+"
}
],
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"forms": [
{
"form": "senseis",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
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"args": {
"1": "m"
},
"expansion": "sensei m (plural senseis)",
"name": "es-noun"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"sen‧sei"
],
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"pos": "noun",
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{
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"Pages with 7 entries",
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"Spanish entries with incorrect language header",
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"Spanish nouns",
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"Spanish terms derived from Japanese",
"Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation"
],
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"sensei (martial arts instructor)"
],
"links": [
[
"sensei",
"sensei#English"
]
],
"tags": [
"masculine"
]
}
],
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"ipa": "/ˈsensei/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsẽn.sei̯]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ensei"
},
{
"ipa": "/ˈsense/"
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈsẽn.se]"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ense"
}
],
"word": "sensei"
}
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"msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": sai-hū vs. zh-min-nan",
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