Word: sensei
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...Sympathy. Though some of his colleagues still call him Denka (Your Imperial Highness, or Honorable Member of the Imperial Palace), most of his students have learned to address him as Sensei (Learned One). They have also learned that if they go to the cafeteria after class, they are apt to find him chatting away over a favorite dish that is now known as Prince Noodles. Then, with a friendly nod, the new professor departs-followed by an attendant whose solemn duty it is to tell him exactly what was wrong with his morning lecture...
...blaze is Ryoichi Hattori, 43, a jolly, wavey-haired fellow whom many Japanese jazz composers call sensei (teacher). Hattori teaches chiefly by object lesson: he has written more than 2,000 songs, many of them smash hits. Last week his Aoi Sammyaku (Blue Mountains) headed the Japanese radio hit parade...