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master, teacher, mentor (of a traditional art, craft, or skill)
A person who teaches and guides a student in a traditional art, craft, or discipline. Implies a deep, often long-term master-apprentice relationship.
師匠に弟子入りする。
To become an apprentice to a master.
落語の師匠のもとで修業した。
I trained under a rakugo master.
師匠から教わった技を大切にしながら、自分なりの表現を追求している。
While cherishing the techniques learned from my master, I am pursuing my own form of expression.
STRUCTURE:
師 (teacher, master) + 匠 (artisan, skilled worker).
USAGE:
師匠 is used in traditional arts such as 落語 (comic storytelling), 茶道 (tea ceremony), 花道 (flower arrangement), 書道 (calligraphy), martial arts, and traditional music. The relationship between 師匠 and 弟子 (apprentice/disciple) is central to the transmission of traditional skills in Japan. Compare with 先生, which is a more general and widely applicable term for teacher.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 師匠に弟子入りする: to become someone's apprentice
- 師匠と弟子: master and apprentice
- 師匠の教え: the master's teachings
- 師匠筋: lineage of masters