Sansei vs. Sensei

Sanseinoun

A US- or Canadian-born grandchild of a Japanese immigrant to America.

Sansei

Sansei (三世, ) is a Japanese and North American English term used in parts of the world such as South America and North America to specify the children of children born to ethnic Japanese in a new country of residence. The nisei are considered the second generation; grandchildren of the Japanese-born immigrants are called Sansei; and the fourth generation yonsei.

Senseinoun

a Japanese (language) teacher.

Senseinoun

a suffix attached to the name of a teacher (principally in translations from Japanese)

Sensei

Sensei, Seonsaeng or Xiansheng (先生) is an honorific term shared in Japanese, Korean and Chinese; this is literally translated as or . In general usage, it is used, with proper form, after a person's name and means the word is also used as a title to refer to or address other professionals or persons of authority, such as clergy, accountants, lawyers, physicians and politicians or to show respect to someone who has achieved a certain level of mastery in an art form or some other skill, e.g., accomplished novelists, musicians, artists and martial artists.