► 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:
- 教会は牧師の児童虐待を看過してきた ⇨ The church has been turning a blind eye to child abuse by the priests
- 師匠の教えを咀嚼する ⇨ Digest the teachings of the master
- 昔は教師が生徒を棒で叩くのは普通だった ⇨ In the past it was common for teachers to beat students with sticks
- 師匠は弟子に奥義を伝授した ⇨ The master taught his pupil the secret
- 悪い教師に当たると勉強する気が無くなる ⇨ When you are assigned to a bad teacher, you lose motivation to learn
- 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
- 病院は看護師を増員することにした ⇨ The hospital decided to increase the nursing staff
- 奇術師 ⇨ A magician
- 国語の教師 ⇨ A Japanese language teacher
- 薬剤師が薬を調合した ⇨ The pharmacist mixed several drugs
- 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
- あの教師は生徒に人気が有る ⇨ That teacher is popular among students
- 日本医師会 ⇨ Japan medical doctors association
- 彼はタバコを吸っていることを教師に告げ口した生徒に仕返しをした ⇨ He retaliated against the student who informed on his smoking to a teacher
- 看護師が患者をベットの上に起こした ⇨ The nurse helped the patient sit up on the bed