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教師

JLPT N4 · N3 · Vocabulary

教師 — “teacher, instructor”

教師 (read きょうし) means teacher, instructor. It appears on the JLPT N4 and N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

きょうし

Meaning

teacher, instructor

教師 in a sentence

母ははは高校こうこうの教師きょうしです。

My mother is a high school teacher.

The kanji in 教師

教to teach
師teacher, master

Words that share a kanji with 教師

教えるおしえる— to teach, to inform, to instruct
教室きょうしつ— classroom
宗教しゅうきょう— religion
教科書きょうかしょ— textbook
教育きょういく— education
教会きょうかい— church
教授きょうじゅ— professor; instruction
教養きょうよう— culture, education, refinement, cultivation

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