

Most anime shows use senpai more common in English as master or teacher. As of
the songs in the start already answered. The anime makers might as well put in
master as to the anime "Naruto" they use more English content.


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Why is it that English dubbed anime shows still use Japanese words such as Senpai and many others?


There are some Japanese words (particularly honorifics) that don't have any
good translations. Senpai is a good example of them, though it doesn't
actually mean master or teacher. It basically means upperclassman, though it's
broader than just for school and basically counts anyone more senior in work
or school (though not a teacher).

One reason that they likely keep it in instead of just taking out words that
aren't easily translatable altogether is that the mouth movements need to
roughly match. If there's a character whose name always has "senpai" after it,
for example, the easiest way to make that work is to just leave the word
senpai in instead of stretching for a bad translation.

There are also some words that end up being used as essentially proper nouns.
Jutsus in Naruto, for example, (as far as I remember) are called that in the
English dub and translations as well because it is used as just a word in the
Naruto world, where the meaning can be gleaned from context and past usage.


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