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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
- —不審者suspicious person
- —申込者applicant
- —配属者person attached to some unit
- —兄者人older brother
- —芸者屋geisha house
- —校閲者reviewer; person who checks accuracy of written work
- —被葬者the entombed; the person buried (usually in burial mounds, etc.)
- —記者室press room; press gallery
- —漁業者fisherman
- —共作者coauthor; joint author; collaborator
- —感染者infected person; carrier (e.g. of a virus)
- —介護者caregiver; carer
- —脱北者person who has fled from North Korea; North Korean defector
- —献血者blood donor
- —記者証journalist identification; press pass
- —番記者reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter
- —脱走者escapee; fugitive
- —許可者permitter; licensor; permit holder; person permitted (to do something); authorised person
- —参拝者worshipper; worshiper; visitor (to a shrine or temple); pilgrim
- —受託者trustee; assignee; consignee