master; teacher; stable master
teacher; master; religious leader; specialist; (arch.) five-battalion brigade comprising 2500 men (Zhou-dynasty Chinese army)
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
strategist; tactician; schemer
private tutor; coach; governess
Bhaisajyaguru; Pindola; The Healing Buddha
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
Buddhist priest; bonze; layman dressed like a priest; person
diviner; fortune teller; soothsayer
diviner; sorcerer; exorcist; medium
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
old master; old teacher; old monk; aged priest
instructor; (fencing) teacher; model
teachers, superiors, and men of prominence
teacher (to whom one owes a debt of gratitude); mentor; one's former teacher
painter; artist; painter supported by patron
shadow figure; silhouette
studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to
class teacher; homeroom teacher; form teacher
great teacher (i.e. a buddha, bodhisattva or high monk, esp. Kobo Daishi)
beautician; cosmetician; hairdresser; hair stylist
magician; conjurer; illusionist
conjurer; magician; illusionist
swindler; imposter; crook
monk; priest, particularly a high-ranking Zen monk honored by the imperial court
bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example
dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)
spiritualist; medium; necromancer
medicine man; shaman; faith healer; witch doctor; exorcist
twelfth month (esp. of the lunar calendar); December
physician's license (licence); doctor's license; medical license; license to practice medicine
speculator; adventurer; imposter; prospector
capital; metropolis; old Kyoto
part-time lecturer; contract teacher
stall-keeper (esp. at a festival); street vendor; hawker; seller of unreliable merchandise; faker; huckster
lute priest; biwa-playing minstrel; travelling pre-Meiji musical performer (usu. blind and dressed like a Buddhist monk)
Imperial Guard Division (pre-1945)
special lecturer; guest lecturer
to look up to (a person) as one's preceptor
puppeteer; puppet player; wirepuller; string-puller; man behind the scenes
normal school (pre-war Japan); teachers' training college
veterinarian; veterinary surgeon; vet
Bhaisajyaguru (buddha able to cure all ills)
surveyor; surveying engineer
Senior Grand Tutor (senior-most of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty); Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm
fengshui practitioner; fengshui master
parsonage; rectory; vicarage
enthusiastic schoolteacher; passionate teacher
warrior monks from Enryaku temple at Mt. Hiei in Kyoto
higher normal school; pre-war public school that trained male teachers
tailor; seamstress; dressmaker; clothier
court physician (of the Shōgun and his household, Edo period)
pick-up artist; masher; skirt chaser
prescriptionist; compounder; dispenser
workman; enterpriser; schemer
star beautician; famous beautician
pyrotechnician; pyrotechnist
acupuncturist and practitioner of moxibustion
sharpener (of swords) and polisher (of mirrors)
one's former teacher; one's old teacher
lacquerer; lacquer craftsman; lacquer artist
chaplain (e.g. of a prison)
tattoo artist; tattooist; engraver; carver; sculptor
lady-killer; casanova; Don Juan; kabuki actor who has mastered the art of romantic acting
emperor's teacher; imperial army
medical practitioner's law
National Medical Practitioners Qualifying Examination
land swindler; fraudulent land broker
assistant nurse; practical nurse
(disreputable) recruiter of day laborers (labourers)
university lecturer; college lecturer
higher normal school; pre-war public school that trained male teachers
tricky wrestler; shrewd fellow
dispatch of troops; despatch of troops; expedition
radiology technician; radiographer
hall with an enshrined statue of Kobo Daishi (at a Shingon temple)
model; pattern; paragon; leader; teacher
Bhaishajyaguru triad; image of Bhaishajyaguru Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Suryaprabha and Candraprabha
farrier (person who fits foot irons on horses and cows); hoof (care) specialist
electrical engineer; electrician
tumbler; self-righting doll
mechanical engineer; mechanician
tattooist; tattoo artist; tattooer
woodblock printer; person who prints using woodblocks (as opposed to the carver who carves them)
actor who specializes in ruffian roles (specialises)
judge (of ancient China); judge (leader of ancient Israel)
professional dengaku performer (usu. appearing as a monk)
physician's license (licence); doctor's license; medical license
the kindness of a teacher
teachers and friends; greatly respected friend (with much to teach one); friend who is greatly respected (as one's teacher)
radio (wireless) operator; radioman
full-time lecturer; instructor
radiographer; X-ray operator
lecture fee; teaching fee
lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine
Meimuna opalifera (species of cicada)
Judges (book of the Bible)
rope artist (in sexual bondage)
guardian and tutor of a nobleman's child
instruction from a master
underhanded or Machiavelli-like person
Meimuna opalifera (species of cicada)
pachinko swindler; pachinko scammer
sword fight scene choreographer
engraver; carver; sculptor; tattoo artist; tattooist
even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter
medical radiographer; radiological technologist
relying on someone as one's teacher
the founder of our sect (esp. in reference to Nichiren)
the coming of Bodhidharma from western India to China
a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
leatherworker; leathercrafter
teakettle caster; craftsman who makes tea ceremony pots
master; grandmaster; senior instructor
a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
Way of the Celestial Masters (ancient Chinese Daoist movement orig. known as The Way of the Five Pecks of Rice)
specially-appointed lecturer (associate professor, etc.)
the instruction of a teacher
lecturer on demand; guest speaker on demand
(acting) romantic lead; philanderer
trapeze artist; aerial artist
sharpener (of swords) and polisher (of mirrors)
Buddhist missionary, esp. in Jodo, Pure Land, etc. sects; Buddhist minister (in the West)
hairdresser; beautician; cosmetician
Meimuna opalifera (species of cicada)
ordained minister; regular teacher
short-trimmed mane (of a horse)
even the hunter will refrain from killing the bird that has flown to him for shelter
generation-to-generation instruction from master to disciple
handicapper (betting); oddsmaker who assigns handicaps to competitors or teams
moxibustion practitioner; moxibutionist
National Dentistry Examination
heavy drinker; boozer; tippler
licensed masseur; licensed masseuse
a student must never forget to honor their teacher (honour)
instructor; guide; specialist in making diagrams, charts, etc.
master of sake; sake advisor
doctor who is guilty of multiple cases of medical malpractice
wood sculptor; woodcarver
pachinko nail adjuster; pachinko parlor employee who adjusts the machines to regulate profit and loss
Zen Buddhism based on the teachings of Bodhidharma
tour guide-interpreter; tour guide licensed for guiding foreigners in Japan
kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa); Japanese flowering dogwood
flowering dogwood (Cornus florida)
Michinoshi (fifth highest of the eight hereditary titles)