Breakdown of sensei wa maikai wakariyasui setsumei o shite kuremasu.
Questions & Answers about sensei wa maikai wakariyasui setsumei o shite kuremasu.
は is the topic marker.
- 先生は means “as for the teacher” or “the teacher (speaking of them)”.
- It doesn’t strictly mark the grammatical subject; it marks what we’re talking about.
In this sentence, we’re talking about the teacher, and then saying what they do:
先生は … してくれます。 → “As for the teacher, (they) do X (for me/us).”
Japanese often omits pronouns when they’re obvious from context.
The sentence literally feels like:
- “As for the teacher, every time, easy-to-understand explanations do-(for me/us).”
The くれます part (a benefactive verb) already implies “for me / for us (the speaker’s side)”, so you don’t need 私に.
Listeners naturally understand that the teacher explains things to the speaker (or their group).
先生 (せんせい) is a respectful title used for:
- School teachers
- Professors
- Doctors
- Some other professionals (e.g., lawyers, politicians, artists) in certain contexts
In a textbook example like this, it almost always means “(my/our) teacher”.
If the context were a hospital, it could easily mean “doctor”. The sentence structure itself doesn’t change; context decides the exact role.
