Nihongo Appu

Sensei 先生

Japanese word people all over the world use in place of "teacher," but the word "sensei" is much more than that when you look at the kanji. 先 (せん) = previous + 生 (せい) = born "A person born before you were." Many dictionaries suggest this is the original meaning of 先生, which makes sense when you look at the kanji. Back in the day, living longer meant (and still implies) having more experience and knowledge. As taken from https://www.tofugu.com/

Kanji 漢字

Kanji originally came from China to Japan. The term “kanji” literally means "Han characters” or “Chinese characters” and it is identical to the characters in China to describe their writing. Kanji are mainly used to describe names and nouns.

As taken from https://www.uni-passau.de/