者

Meaning

者 centers on a person or agent: someone who does or is something. It marks the subject of an action or state, like a person or individual.

• 者もの
  N3

  person

• 患者かんじゃ
  N3

  patient

• 記者きしゃ
  N3

  reporter; journalist

• 業者ぎょうしゃ
  N1

  trader; dealer; businessperson; company; vendor; supplier; manufacturer; maker; contractor

• 若者わかもの
  N2

  young person; youngster; young people; (the) youth

• 初心者しょしんしゃ
  N2

  beginner

• 学者がくしゃ
  N3

  scholar; academic; scientist

• 医者いしゃ
  N5

  doctor; physician

• 作者さくしゃ
  N2

  creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright; dramatist

• 読者どくしゃ
  N1

  reader

• 死者ししゃ
  N1

  dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties

• 著者ちょしゃ
  N3

  author (usu. of a particular book); writer

• 後者こうしゃ
  N3

  the latter; the second

• 勇者ゆうしゃ

  hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)

• 信者しんじゃ
  N1

  believer; adherent; devotee; follower

• 何者なにもの

  who; what kind of person

• 忍者にんじゃ

  ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan

• 第三者だいさんしゃ

  third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person

• 当事者とうじしゃ
  N1

  person concerned; interested party; related party

• 役者やくしゃ
  N2

  actor; actress

• 両者りょうしゃ
  N1

  pair; the two; both persons; both things

• 前者ぜんしゃ
  N3

  the former; the first

• 他者たしゃ
  N1

  another person; others

• 歯医者はいしゃ
  N5

  dentist

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