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► 名詞
  [し]  [liter]    meaning:  teacher  rank: 3
☆ 人生の師といでいる ⇨ I consider him as my teacher of life  (☛ Typically a teacher of athletic or artistic skills, and/or life lessons)

► 接尾辞
  [し]    meaning:  person  rank: 2
☆ 彼女は薬剤師だ ⇨ She is a pharmacist  (☛ A person with specific qualifications)
☆ 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:
  • 師匠は弟子奥義伝授した ⇨ The master taught his pupil the secret
  • 有名な漫才師が漫談するラジオ番組 ⇨ A radio program in which a famous comedian talks
  • は詐欺師に引っ掛けられた ⇨ He got swindled by a con man
  • 薬剤師が調剤した ⇨ The pharmacist mixed ingredients to make a drug
  • 理科の教師だ ⇨ He is a science teacher
  • 東大合格して低能扱いした教師のかした ⇨ He got accepted by Tokyo University and stunned the teacher who treated him like a moron
  • も教師として有るまじき行為だ ⇨ It is an unacceptable action for someone if he/she who is supposed to be a teacher
  • は調理師の免状持っている ⇨ He has a cooking license
  • 病院は看護師を増員することにした ⇨ The hospital decided to increase the nursing staff
  • を師といでいる ⇨ I look up to him as my teacher, mentor
  • うちの父親反面教師だった ⇨ My father was a “reverse teacher”. I learned what not to do, whom not to be like, by watching my father
  • 教師が読ん生徒達がそれを復唱した ⇨ The teacher read a sentence and the students recited it
  • 学校には教師と事務合わせて50職員がいる ⇨ There are 50 workers at the school, combining teachers and administrators
  • 有名な漫才師に弟子入りした ⇨ He became an apprentice for a famous comedian
  • 師匠の意味深長御言葉 ⇨ The master’s words with deep, complex, meaning