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者 kanji
someone, person
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 8
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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On readings
シャ
Kun readings
もの
Variant forms
者Words with 者
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —旅役者itinerant entertainer or troupe
- —応召者draftee; conscript
- —鬼武者daredevil warrior
- —殉難者victim; martyr
- —専従者person doing one job exclusively; full-time worker; full-time union official
- —愛用者regular user; person who favors (favours) (something)
- —医学者medical scientist
- —運動者activist (in a political movement); crusader (e.g. for women's rights)
- —演奏者performer; player
- —改宗者convert (e.g. to Buddhism)
- —監修者general (supervising) editor; editor-in-chief
- —観測者observer
- —技能者technician
- —共著者collaborator; coauthor; joint author
- —共訳者joint translator; co-translator
- —契約者party to a contract; subscriber; policy owner (insurance)
- —行為者doer; performer (of a deed); perpetrator
- —採点者marker; grader; scorer
- —作詞者lyric writer; lyricist; songwriter
- —受講者person attending a lecture; student (taking a class, course, etc.); participant