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Definition of sensei
sensei
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: a teacher or instructor usually of Japanese martial arts (such as karate or judo)
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The curator then assigns the user 50 daily tasks - in a kind of gruesome sensei-student relationship.
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The idea is to be an honorable, nurturing sensei for your menagerie of weird little creatures – not just to teach them to fight like cybercocks but also to help them evolve onward to a more ennobled state.
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Qi finally meets the old sensei, who fights on even after he's forced to send his underlings scurrying to safety, and the elder puts up a hell of a fight.
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In the video, Soko Glam co-founder/K-beauty sensei Charlotte Cho is the guinea pig and remains impressively chipper throughout the process.
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My sensei explained only by moving my hips back and keeping my arms straight would the nirvana of a wheelie be attained.
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Origin and Etymology of sensei
Japanese, teacher, master
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