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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
- —長者番付list of the richest people; billionaires list
- —特種記者scoop reporter; scoop artist
- —緞帳役者low-class actor (kabuki); actor who plays in low-class or cheap theater
- —名題役者chief actor in a kabuki play; star actor; leading actors of a troupe
- —花形役者leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer
- —不適任者unqualified (incompetent) person; square peg in a round hole
- —役者稼業stage career; acting career
- —役者気質characteristic temperament (spirit) of an actor
- —役者子供skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world; child kabuki actor
- —役者生命acting career; career as an actress
- —役者馬鹿good actor who is inept in all other matters; dedicated actor
- —役者風情(the likes of) a mere actor
- —役者冥利the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor
- —三者三様everybody is different; to each their own; three different people, three different styles
- —処世達者knowing how to get on in the world; knowing the secret of success in life
- —関連業者related tradespeople
- —最適任者best qualified person; most suitable person
- —患者家族patient and relatives
- —土建業者general (civil engineering and construction) contractor
- —建設業者general (civil engineering and construction) contractor