► 名詞
師 [し] [liter] meaning: teacher rank: 3
☆ 私は彼を人生の師と仰いでいる ⇨ I consider him as my teacher of life (☛ Typically a teacher of athletic or artistic skills, and/or life lessons)
► 接尾辞
師 [し] meaning: person rank: 2
☆ 彼女は薬剤師だ ⇨ She is a pharmacist (☛ A person with specific qualifications)
☆ 彼はプロの手品師だ ⇨ He is a professional magician (☛ A person with specific skills)
☆ あいつはとんだペテン師だ ⇨ He is a freaking con artist (☛ Used for both good and bad skills)
More examples:
- 師匠の意味深長な御言葉 ⇨ The master’s words with deep, complex, meaning
- 私は彼を師と仰いでいる ⇨ I look up to him as my teacher, mentor
- 彼は有名な漫才師に弟子入りした ⇨ He became an apprentice for a famous comedian
- 教師が文を読んで生徒達がそれを復唱した ⇨ The teacher read a sentence and the students recited it
- 有名な漫才師 ⇨ A famous comedian
- 彼女は教師の勧めに従ってジャズを学んだ ⇨ She studied jazz following her teacher’s recommendation
- 看護師 ⇨ A nurse
- 師匠は弟子に秘密の策を授けた ⇨ The master gave his student a secret strategy
- 彼女は子供の学校の教師と面談した ⇨ She met and talked with her child’s school teacher
- 彼女は子供の担任教師に会いに行った ⇨ She went to meet her child’s homeroom teacher
- 医師の治療と患者の死に間に因果関係は認められない ⇨ A causal relationship cannot be established between the treatment by the doctor and the death of the patient
- 奇術師 ⇨ A magician
- 彼は日本で英語講師を数年間した ⇨ He worked as an English teacher (in a private language school) in Japan for a few years
- 国語の教師 ⇨ A Japanese language teacher
- 彼は漫画家になる前は薬剤師だったという変わった経歴の持ち主だ ⇨ He has a unique career history of being a pharmacist before becoming a manga artist