師し匠しょう

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Used for a master of a traditional art, craft, or skill, or a mentor figure. Can also be used as a suffix attached to a name or title.

彼かれは茶さ道どうの師し匠しょうです。
He is a tea ceremony master.
子こ供どもの頃ころ、ピアノの師し匠しょうに厳きびしく指し導どうされた。
As a child, I was strictly taught by my piano teacher.

noun

stable master

sumo

Sumo term for the master of a training stable.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉に弟で子し入いりするto become someone's disciple/apprentice
彼かれは有ゆう名めいな師し匠しょうに弟で子し入いりした。
He became the apprentice of a famous master.
師し匠しょうから〈事こと〉を学まなぶto learn something from one's master
師し匠しょうから落らく語ごの技わざを学まなんだ。
I learned the art of rakugo from my master.
師し匠しょうと呼よぶto address someone as 'master'
弟で子したちは彼かれを師し匠しょうと呼よんだ。
The disciples called him 'master'.
師し匠しょうを持もつto have a master (as one's teacher)
彼かの女じょは茶さ道どうの師し匠しょうを持もっている。
She has a master who teaches her the tea ceremony.

Kanji

師expert, teacher, master
匠artisan, workman, carpenter

Related words· 7

先せん生せいN5sense 1
先生 is a general word for teacher or doctor, while 師匠 specifically denotes a master of a traditional art or craft with a mentor-disciple bond.
親おや方かた sense 1
親方 is used for a master craftsman or a sumo stable master, whereas 師匠 is broader, covering mentors in traditional arts and often used as a name suffix.
師し弟ていN1
師匠 names only the teacher/master side of the relationship, while 師弟 refers to the teacher and student together as a pair.
師し範はん
師匠 is a broader term for a mentor or master in any traditional art or craft, while 師範 specifically denotes a certified instructor, especially in martial arts.

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グル
師匠 is a native Japanese term for a master or teacher in traditional arts or crafts, while グル is a loanword with a spiritual or modern expert nuance.
師しN2
師匠 specifically names the master of a traditional art or craft under whom one apprentices, whereas 師 is a broader term for any respected teacher or mentor.
恩おん師しN1
師匠 is a master in traditional arts or crafts who trains an apprentice long-term, whereas 恩師 covers any teacher, academic or otherwise, remembered with gratitude.

Opposites

弟で子しN1sense 1
弟子 is the disciple or apprentice who studies under a 師匠, the reverse role in the same relationship.
門もん下か
師匠 is the master or teacher, the opposite role to 門下, which refers to the pupil or follower.

Don't confuse with

支し障しょう
師匠 (a master or mentor) is pronounced the same as 支障 (an obstacle or hindrance), but the two words are unrelated in meaning.

Etymology

From Middle Chinese-derived elements 師 (teacher, master) and 匠 (artisan, craftsman). The combination has been used in Japanese to denote a master of a craft or art.