やり手て

noun

go-getter; capable person; shrewd operator

Describes someone who is proactive, effective, and often shrewd in getting things done. Can carry a slightly aggressive or calculating nuance depending on context.

• 彼かれは営えい業ぎょうのやり手てで、いつもトップの成せい績せきだ。

  He's a go-getter in sales and always has the top results.

• あのやり手ての政せい治じ家かは、難むずかしい法ほう案あんを通とおした。

  That shrewd politician got the difficult bill passed.

noun

doer; performer; agent

Refers to someone who carries out an action, often in contrast to a passive or theoretical role. Less common than sense 1 in everyday speech.

• 計けい画かくを立たてる人ひとと、実じっ際さいのやり手ては違ちがうことが多おおい。

  The person who makes the plan and the actual doer are often different.

noun

giver; bestower

Rare, somewhat literary use for someone who gives or bestows something. Often seen in fixed expressions or older texts.

• この賞しょうのやり手ては、毎まい年とし変かわる。

  The giver of this award changes every year.

noun

brothel madam

Historical term for a woman who managed a brothel. Now archaic and rarely encountered outside historical contexts.

See also: 遣り手婆 (やりてばば)

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、やり手ては遊ゆう郭かくを取とり仕し切きっていた。

  In the Edo period, the brothel madam ran the pleasure quarters.