Primarily used for a teacher or master in martial arts, traditional arts, or crafts. Carries a sense of authority and high skill.
He serves as a kendo instructor.
Becoming a tea ceremony master requires many years of training.
Refers to a person or thing that serves as an ideal example to follow. Often used in formal or literary contexts.
He can truly be called a paragon of character.
normal school; teachers' training college
Historical abbreviation of 師範学校, referring to teacher-training institutions in Japan from 1872 to 1947.
See also: 師範学校
In the Meiji period, normal schools were the central institutions for teacher training.
He is a kendo instructor.
After years of training, he earned his instructor's license.
He serves as the instructor at the dojo.
The young people are studying under that master.
先生 is a general, everyday word for teacher or master of any kind, while 師範 is reserved for a highly skilled, often certified instructor in martial arts or traditional crafts.
模範 means a model or ideal example to follow, matching 師範's secondary sense of 'exemplar,' but 模範 is used for things and behavior, not usually for a person's title.
師範学校 is the full historical term for the pre-1947 teachers' training college, of which 師範 (sense 3) is simply the abbreviated form.
師範 is the master or instructor, while 弟子 is the disciple or student who studies under them.
師範代 looks almost identical to 師範 but refers to an assistant or deputy instructor ranked below a full 師範.
師範 is a certified instructor licensed to teach a traditional art, while 家元 is the single hereditary head who leads the entire school.
assistant instructor
master; grandmaster; senior instructor
normal school; teachers' training college
From Middle Chinese 師範 (model, teacher). The kanji 師 means 'teacher' or 'master', and 範 means 'model' or 'pattern'.