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.
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.
giver; bestower
Rare, somewhat literary use for someone who gives or bestows something. Often seen in fixed expressions or older texts.
The giver of this award changes every year.
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)
He's a go-getter in sales and always has the top results.
That shrewd politician got the difficult bill passed.
The person who makes the plan and the actual doer are often different.
In the Edo period, the brothel madam ran the pleasure quarters.
Standard modern spelling.
Rare kanji form; the 遣 kanji is seldom used in modern writing.
Search-only form; not used in normal writing.
Compound of 遣り (yari, the continuative form of 遣る 'to do') + 手 (te, 'hand; person'). Literally 'doing hand/person', it originally referred to someone who carries out an action, later developing the sense of a capable or shrewd person.